Legal Opinion
Schwingle, Stephanie v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 4, 2025No. 3:24-cv-00125Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN STEPHANIE SCHWINGLE, Plaintiff, v. OPINION and ORDER HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE 24-cv-125-jdp COMPANY, Defendant. Plaintiff Stephanie Schwingle was a spiritual and grief counselor for Agrace Hospicecare. In 2023, she submitted a claim for long-term disability benefits for symptoms caused by long COVID. Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company—the administrator for Agrace’s benefits plan—denied the claim, largely because Schwingle failed to corroborate her alleged functional impairments. Schwingle…
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- Judith Perlman v. Swiss Bank Corporation Comprehensive Disability Protection PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Patricia Elliott v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Holmstrom v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Diaz v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
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