A former Hogan Lovells LLP attorney with fibromyalgia lost her lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from
Unum appropriately handled the attorney’s benefits claim by consulting with four different physicians and obtaining two vocational reviews analyzing her ability to do her job, Magistrate Judge Gina L. Simms said in a March 29 opinion. There’s ample evidence Unum considered all relevant aspects of the attorney’s claim, including her subjective complaints of pain, Simms said.
Kelly Balkin’s lawsuit, filed in 2021 in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, said Unum incorrectly ...
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