Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 29, 2020
In a ruling dated January 13, 2020, Judge Sarah Vance of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana sided with a claimant in a dispute over the applicability of a pre-existing condition exclusion to a long-term disability claim.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 25, 2020
In a recent decision out of Baton Rouge, a Louisiana federal judge ruled against an employer seeking a ruling that an injured worker was not a seaman at the time he became injured.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 19, 2020
In a ruling dated January 8, 2020, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans ruled in favor of a man injured in a collision with a St. Bernard Fire Department fire truck in 2011.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 12, 2020
In a decision dated December 31, 2019, a federal district court in the Northern District of Texas found for the surviving spouse in a life insurance dispute between a deceased man’s spouse and his sons.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm January 5, 2019
In a ruling dated December 27, 2019, a federal district court judge affirmed The Hartford’s decision to offset a disabled Atlas Air, Inc. employee’s long-term disability benefits with Social Security Retirement benefits.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 29, 2019
In a recent decision dated November 22, 2019, a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida denied summary judgment for an injured cruise ship passenger seeking a ruling declaring Carnival Cruises negligent in her case. More specifically, the plaintiff sought a ruling from the court that Carnival had actual or constructive knowledge of a dangerous condition that caused her injury.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 27, 2019
In a recent decision, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a Lafayette district judge’s decision to grant summary judgment on liability for a patron injured after slipping in a liquid substance at a Super 1 supermarket.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 17, 2019
In a recent decision dated December 4, 2019, a federal district court in Maryland returned a favorable decision for a claimant seeking long-term disability benefits for her fibromyalgia.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 13, 2019
In a ruling dated November 27, 2019, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans affirmed a district judge’s decision to grant summary judgment for Progressive Insurance Company in the case of a Lyft driver seeking underinsured motorist coverage though his wife’s policy, which covered him as a resident relative of her household.
Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 3, 2019
Posting on social media can be dangerous if you have filed or are thinking about filing a long-term disability claim. It is now standard operating procedure among long-term disability insurers to check a claimant’s social media history in the hopes of finding anything that may contradict a claimant’s allegations of disability.