February 13, 2023
A former Jones Day secretary and the law firm's insurer said Monday that they reached a deal to end her suit accusing the firm of unfairly cutting off her long-term disability benefits, resolving the dispute on the heels of a federal judge's recommendation that the insurer rethink its decision.
August 17, 2021
A former Jones Day legal secretary asked a Tennessee federal court for a summary judgment in her suit claiming Unum Life Insurance Co. of America unfairly denied her long-term disability benefits, arguing Unum dropped the ball by disregarding her doctors' opinions.
April 24, 2020
A former Jones Day secretary told a Tennessee federal court that Unum Life Insurance Co. hadn't given a good enough reason why several documents she wants to introduce in her lawsuit against the insurer should be filed under seal.
March 04, 2020
A Tennessee federal judge on Wednesday gave Unum Life Insurance Co. of America two weeks to respond to a former Jones Day secretary's bid to pause her insurance lawsuit against the company so a protective order on new evidence in a separate case can expire.
November 19, 2019
A former Jones Day secretary is claiming she did not simply rely on her own descriptions of her symptoms to justify why she should qualify for long-term disability benefits, pushing back against an insurance company's argument that a Tennessee federal court should toss her claims.
October 22, 2019
An insurance company for Jones Day is looking to stamp out claims from a former secretary with the firm that she was unfairly denied long-term disability benefits, saying the only evidence of the secretary's alleged disability comes from her own account of various symptoms.
May 14, 2018
A former Jones Day employee accused the firm and an insurer in a lawsuit filed in Tennessee federal court Monday of improperly cutting off her short-term disability benefits and denying her other coverage.