After receiving disability benefits for more than 10 years, the Reliance Standard denied disability benefits. After a 4 year legal battle, the Arizona district court determined that Melisa Gemmel was disabled by fibromyalgia. Melissa Gemmel was employed at Systemhouse, Inc. and covered under her employer’s long-term disability plan, issued by Reliance Standard (NYSE:DFG).
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Ms. Deborah Donovan, an input shift operator for Eaton Corp, was insured under the company’s self-funded group disability plan. Due to degenerative disk disease, chronic back pain and leg pain, Ms. Donovan filed a claim for total disability benefits in 1993.
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