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11 Jun 2019Earlier today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in Smith v. United of Omaha Life Ins. Company, Case No. 18-60753 (5th Cir. June 11, 2019) in which it held that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi correctly held that United of Omaha arbitrarily and capriciously denied the plaintiff
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21 May 2019
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found in favor of a long-term disability claimant after an insurer ignored the opinions of his treating physicians in finding that he was not disabled under the terms of his employer’s long-term disability plan. A copy of the Court’s opinion in Wiley v. United of Omaha
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23 Apr 2019If you or your family member is covered by a long term disability plan obtained through a private-sector employer, it is likely that the policy is governed by a federal law called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Unfortunately, some employees and beneficiaries struggle to get access to long term disability benefits when they need them the
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