In Long-Term Disability Dispute, Court Orders Guardian Life Insurance Company to Produce Discovery About Its Reviewing Doctors’ Conflict of Interest
In Long-Term Disability Dispute, Court Orders Guardian Life Insurance Company to Produce Discovery About Its Reviewing Doctors’ Conflict of Interest
In a dispute governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), Martin v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, No. CV 5:20-507-DCR, 2021 WL 1994229 (E.D. Ky. May…
Fifth Circuit Upholds National Football League’s Denial of Line of Duty Benefits for Former Buffalo Bills Player
In Youboty v. NFL Player Disability & Neurocognitive Benefit Plan, No. 20-40613, 2021 WL 1533662 (5th Cir. Apr. 16, 2021), Plaintiff-Appellant Ashton Youboty played six seasons in the National Football…
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Benefits under ERISA Plan’s Limitation for Preexisting Conditions
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided Harrison v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 20-3337, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1530040 (6th Cir. Apr. 19, 2021), a case brought…
Form Over Substance: District Court Decision Highlights the Importance of Attending Physician Statements in Long-Term Disability Claims Governed by ERISA
Kay v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 19-CV-209-MMA (AHG), 2021 WL 1378742 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 12, 2021) involves a lawsuit for ERISA-governed long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits brought by…
Eighth Circuit Affirms Award of Disability Benefits to Nurse Anesthetist Addicted to Fentanyl
In this dispute over ERISA-governed short- and long-term disability insurance benefits, Bernard v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co., No. 20-1593, 2021 WL 1244403 (8th Cir. Apr. 5, 2021), the Eighth…
Ninth Circuit Reaffirms: Ability to Sit for Four Hours a Day Means a Claimant Can Perform “Any Occupation” Under Disability Policy
In this short unpublished opinion, McCool v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 18-56529, __F.App’x__, 2021 WL 1235842 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2021), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district…
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