In Steigleman v. Symetra Life Ins. Co., 2023 WL 7413668 (D. Ariz. 2023), a court considered whether a package of various welfare benefit insurance policies an individual business owner arranged for herself and her employees...more
In Calkin v. United States Life Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82110 (S.D. TX., April 29, 2021), a Texas district court affirmed the insurer’s denial of LTD benefits, holding that while a claimant established diagnoses, he...more
In an unpublished decision issued last month, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling ordering the reinstatement of long-term disability and life insurance benefits....more
Video surveillance can be an extremely effective tool in making disability benefits determinations. Historically, courts have cautioned that the weight given to surveillance in these cases depends both on the amount and...more