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Cooley Lawyer Sues Unum for Disability After Bike Accident (1)

April 26, 2023, 5:02 PM UTC; Updated: April 26, 2023, 7:14 PM UTC
Jacklyn Wille
Jacklyn Wille
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A litigation associate at Cooley LLP sued Unum Life Insurance Co. of America for disability benefits, saying the insurer wrongly denied her claim after a bicycle accident left her with a traumatic brain injury.

Unum wrongly concluded that the associate’s cognitive impairments and related symptoms didn’t prevent her from performing the material duties of a litigation attorney in the aftermath of the accident, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The associate was injured in a May 2021 bicycle accident, after which she received state disability benefits and benefits under ...

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