This month’s Friday Five covers the treatment of job-related stress in assessing an attorney’s disability, the requirements surrounding the qualifications of a medical professional to.
This month's Friday Five covers cases relating to issue preclusion, coverage where the policy terms are inconsistent with the parties’ behavior, application of the abuse of discretion.
A former Jones Day employee who alleged her termination was discriminatory is not entitled to more disability benefits under the law firm's insurance policy and was actually overpaid, Unum Life Insurance Co. of America said.
Unum Life Insurance Co. of America defeated a $2.2 million lawsuit accusing it of wrongfully discontinuing a policyholder's disability benefits, with a California federal judge ruling that the policyholder failed to prove he qualified as disabled under the policy's terms after receiving two years of benefits.