by Carrie J. Feit | Jan 5, 2010 | Archive
The Ninth Circuit reversed a long-term disability denial by Hartford Life Insurance Company based on its “over-reliance” on surveillance in which it “strung together a laundry list of discrete activities over the course of four days” thereby suggesting that the...
by Carrie J. Feit | Dec 29, 2009 | Archive
Today, December 29, 2009, the Seventh Circuit remanded a case back to MetLife for further assessment of a short-term disability claim for failure to acknowledge objective evidence reported during the claimant’s Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), and other...
by Carrie J. Feit | Dec 28, 2009 | Archive
On December 16, 2009, a district court in Illinois ruled that Unum was not “downright unreasonable” in terminating an HIV claimant’s long-term disability benefits, despite reported fatigue, vision problems and diarrhea. The Court found that the Plaintiff was not...
by Carrie J. Feit | Dec 23, 2009 | Archive
On December 11, 2009, a district court out of Arkansas ordered Unum to reinstate a claimant’s long-term disability benefits that she had been receiving as a result of degenerative disc disease including arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Although the Court reviewed...
by Carrie J. Feit | Dec 18, 2009 | Archive
On December 16, 2009, the Fifth Circuit held that the failure of a disability claim administrator to provide its basis for denial on appeal during the initial adverse determination did not deprive the Plaintiff of a “full and fair review” or result in any significant...
by Carrie J. Feit | Dec 17, 2009 | Archive
The Sixth Circuit, reversing a district court opinion, found that Zurich American Insurance Company abused its discretion in determining that the loss of a claimant’s leg in a motorcycle accident was not “accidental” simply because he was intoxicated, and that...
