Millis v. Ameritas Life Ins. Corp., No. 20 C 4146, 2022 WL 1607398 (N.D. Ill. May 20, 2022)

May 20, 2022

OUTCOME: Favorable decision where court determined client is totally disabled from his sole specialty of liver transplantation.

Liver transplant surgeon suffered an injury that prevented him from continuing to practice in his medical specialty. Insurance carrier refused to acknowledge his total disability and instead approved r ... esidual/partial disability benefits claiming he had multiple occupations (transplant surgeon, general surgeon, and professor).

Johnston v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., No. 17-20996-CIV, 2018 WL 2021335 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 1, 2018)

Mar 01, 2018

OUTCOME: Granting de novo review, determining plaintiff met the definition of disability, ordering bench trial

Johnston v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 282 F. Supp. 3d 1303 (S.D. Fla. 2017)

Oct 16, 2017

OUTCOME: Favorable order regarding ERISA discovery dispute