October 2012 Archives

Our client, a 58 year old woman, was a Senior Research Manager for a large pharmaceutical company with a history of cancer. She suffers from CFS, fibromyalgia, spinal conditions, and cognitive difficulties related to her numerous co-morbid conditions. Two of the top physicians in the Northeast treated her for CFS and fibromyalgia. She had filed […]

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, promoted by a wide variety of women’s healthcare organizations with fundraising events and educational programs across the country. We found it interesting that Unum took the opportunity to issue a press release on breast cancer survivors with a headline reading “More breast cancer survivors returning successfully to work […]

Another Federal Judge has determined that the decision to terminate a long term disability claim was improper, where Prudential sought to rely heavily upon the results of surveillance it had obtained of the claimant. The Court decided that the surveillance which Prudential relied upon, and which showed the claimant walking, driving, and manipulating bags, grocery […]