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Long-Term Disability
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Employee Rights Blog
Long-Term Disability Denied? 5 Steps to Challenge an LTD Denial in Ontario
A long-term disability denial can create immediate financial pressure. If you cannot work because of an illness, injury, mental health condition, chronic pain, or another disabling condition, LTD benefits may…
Employee Rights Blog
LTD Claims for Mental Health Conditions: Why They Get Denied and How to Fight Back
Mental health conditions can be disabling. Depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric or psychological conditions can affect concentration, memory, stamina, communication, judgment, attendance and the ability to tolerate workplace…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Texas Court Upholds Unum’s Denial of ERISA Disability Benefits for Engineer with Syncope
In King v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. H-25-1850, 2026 WL 1494238 (S.D. Tex. May 28, 2026), the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Can My Long-Term Disability Claim be Denied Because My Condition is Pre-Existing?
If you have had a chronic condition that recently worsened, you might be wondering if your long-term disability (LTD) claim could be denied on the basis that your condition was…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Five Favorites for Friday
I really enjoyed writing this week's Five Favorites for Friday post. It brought me down the nostalgia trail all the way back to my days defending insurance companies against LTD…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
When an ERISA Remand Means Starting Over: Court Addresses Claim Deadlines, IME Obligations, and Attorney’s Fees After Procedural Default by Insurer
In Chalk v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. 3:25-cv-133-RGJ, 2026 WL 1252337 (W.D. Ky. May 7, 2026), District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings of the United States District Court…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Court Finds LINA Abused Its Discretion by Calculating “Overtime” Hours at Base Pay Rate Rather Than Actual Regular Rate Used by Employer
In Rushing v. Life Insurance Company of North America, No. CV 24-10088-JFW(RAOx), 2026 WL 1162757 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2026), United States District Judge John F. Walter issued findings of…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
W.D. Wisconsin Awards Six Figures in Attorney’s Fees Following Reinstatement of LTD Benefits for Internal Medicine Physician, Finding Hartford’s Termination Indefensible Under Its Own Policy
In Ryan v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 21-cv-592-wmc, 2026 WL 1146274 (W.D. Wis. Apr. 28, 2026), District Judge William M. Conley granted Plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Reliance Standard Properly Offset LTD Benefits by Lump-Sum Pension Despite IRA Rollover, Montana District Court Holds
In McLeod v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. CV 22-87-BLG-SPW, 2026 WL 1133684 (D. Mont. Apr. 27, 2026), the United States District Court for the District of Montana adopted…
Your ERISA Watch
Your ERISA Watch – Week of April 29, 2026
Most ERISA practitioners are familiar with Cigna v. Amara, the 2011 Supreme Court decision that helped defined the contours of ERISA’s remedial scheme. But did you know, fifteen years later,…