Mitchell v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America et al (JRG2)

  1. February 13, 2023

    Ex-Jones Day Secretary, Insurer Agree To End Disability Row

    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.

  2. August 17, 2021

    Ex-Jones Day Secretary Seeks Quick Win In Disability Dispute

    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.

  3. April 24, 2020

    Ex-Jones Day Secretary Battles Unum Over Sealed Docs

    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.

  4. March 04, 2020

    Unum Granted Time In Ex-Jones Day Worker's Bid To Stay Suit

    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.

  5. November 19, 2019

    Ex-Jones Day Secretary Slams Attempt To Ax Disability Claim

    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.

  6. October 22, 2019

    Insurer Looks To Ax Ex-Jones Day Secretary's Disability Claim

    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.

  7. May 14, 2018

    Jones Day Shorted Worker's Disability Benefits, Suit Says

    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.