High Court Denies Petition, Allows Ruling In Disability Insurer’s Favor To Stand

Mealey's (May 28, 2019, 10:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 28 denied a disability claimant’s petition for writ of certiorari, refusing to review the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision that the disability claimant was not disabled from his own occupation as an anesthesiologist because the medical evidence supported the insurer’s finding that the claimant could perform the duties of his own occupation with appropriate accommodations (Timothy O’Neill D.O. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 18-1305, U.S. Sup.)....