Disability Claimant’s Suit Is Barred By Res Judicata, Georgia Federal Judge Says

(July 8, 2021, 10:18 PM EDT) -- SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia federal judge on June 21 granted a disability insurer’s motion to dismiss after determining that the claimant’s lawsuit is barred by the doctrine of res judicata because the claimant filed a suit in 2017 that was based on the same denial of long-term disability benefits....