‘Chronic Stress’ at Williams & Connolly No Basis for Benefits

A former Williams & Connolly LLP employee who sought disability benefits based on the “chronic stress” she experienced working at the law firm lost her appeal against Unum Life Insurance Co., according to a Sixth Circuit ruling issued Thursday.

Unum reasonably determined that Lisa Holden’s alleged inability to perform her accounting job was specific to her situation at Williams & Connolly and didn’t prevent her from working elsewhere, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said. According to Holden’s own reports, her symptoms stemmed from the firm’s “low head count in accounting and resulting excessive hours and ...