Bilkey, Teresa v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERESA BILKEY, Plaintiff, v. OPINION and ORDER RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE 20-cv-729-jdp INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Plaintiff Teresa Bilkey worked as a clinic manager for Group Health Cooperative until 2019. That year, Bilkey took a leave of absence to deal with the worsening symptoms of her ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. She did not return to work, and applied for long-term benefits through her employer’s disability insurance plan, which was administered by defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company.…