U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Construes “Actively at Work” Provision Against Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

Published by The Pellegrin Firm March 24, 2021

In a recent decision, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision ruling that Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company was wrong in finding that a man disabled due to prostate cancer was not covered by his employer’s group policy when he became disabled.

Court Finds Aetna Erred in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits to Software Management Engineer

Published by The Pellegrin Firm December 26, 2020

A federal district court in California recently found that Aetna erred in denying long-term disability benefits to a Software Management Engineer employed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research facility owned by NASA and managed by California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

U.S. District Court Judge in New Orleans Rules Against Unum in Dispute Over Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits

Published by The Pellegrin Firm June 8, 2020

On May 20, 2020, Judge Eldon Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans ruled in a case challenging the denial of short-term and long-term disability benefits.