Ex-Surgeon Prevails Over Insurers In Lifetime Disability Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich · January 22, 2026, 3:31 PM EST

A Michigan federal judge handed a disabled surgeon a win against two insurance companies Thursday in his suit seeking total disability benefits for life, siding with the ex-worker's argument that the insurers...

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Case Information

Case Title

Potthoff v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America et al

Case Number

1:24-cv-00991

Court

Michigan Western

Nature of Suit

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Date Filed

September 23, 2024