Sheryl Harvey v. Standard Insurance Company

Sheryl Harvey appeals from an adverse summary judgment upholding as reasonable Standard Insurance Company’s (“Standard”) denial of Harvey’s claim for long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits under her employer’s group policy as governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.

Harvey applied for disability benefits on April 13, 2009, stating that pain was preventing her from doing her job as a bookkeeper, and submitted her physician’s statement indicating a diagnosis of lumbar disc degeneration and scoliosis, with symptoms of back and leg pain and…