Chronic Pain and Disability Claims
Our law firm recently won a summary judgment ruling in a case that is instructive to litigants having to deal with disability due to severe pain.
Author: Mark Debofsky
Judge questions distinction set for types of illness
Chief U.S. District Judge William Young, the author of the provocative indictment of the claims practices of the Unum Provident Corp. in Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 321 F.Supp.2d 226 (D. Mass. 2004), has written yet another thoughtful opinion. The ruling in Iwata v. Intel Corp., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS […]
4th Circuit Joins Chorus in Questioning Tactics
Plaintiff Wanda J. Stup, who suffers from lupus and fibromyalgia, won affirmance of a judgment holding that defendant Unum Life Insurance Company of America abused its discretion in denying her request for disability benefits. Although Unum did not dispute the plaintiff’s diagnoses, it had rejected the claim based on its determination that the plaintiff could […]
5th Circuit Stands Alone on Degree of Disability
After winning summary judgment in the trial court, plaintiff Linda Ellis suffered a crushing defeat in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which rejected her claim for disability coverage.Ellis v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, 2004 U.S.App.LEXIS 24199 (5th Cir., Nov. 19). Ellis was a loan officer for Chase Manhattan Bank until 1999, […]