JoAnn Phillips appeals from a summary judgment rendered in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and The Verizon Employee Benefits Committee (VEBC) on her claim that MetLife, acting on behalf of VEBC, improperly withheld long-term disability benefits to which she was entitled. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

During her employment as a benefit specialist with a subsidiary of Verizon C... More...   $0 (05-10-2013 - TX)

Claimant appeals from the denial, at step 5 of the sequential evaluation process, of his application for Social Security disability benefits. Although we think that the Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence, we do not rest this conclusion on the ground given by the magistrate judge in her Report and Recommendation -- i.e., that claimant’s recent education, a 2005 Bachelor ... More...   $0 (04-12-2013 - ME)

Thomas Judge, who underwent
surgery to repair an aortic valve and a dilated ascending aorta, applied for disability
benefits under a group insurance policy (the Plan) issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance

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Company (MetLife). MetLife denied benefits, however, when it determined that Judge
was not totally ... More...   $0 (03-25-2013 - MI)

Charles Gayheart applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits (DIB) in December 2005 due to manifestations of anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, and depression. After an initial denial of his application and three separate hearings, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that the limitations caused by Gayheart’s impairments did not preclude him from performing a significant... More...   $0 (03-12-2013 - OH)

Jackie L. Temples appeals a district court judgment affirming the denial of her applications for social security disability insurance benefits and for supplemental security income benefits.

In 2006, Temples filed applications for social security disability insurance benefits and for supplemental security income benefits, alleging that she became disabled in February 2004. Both application... More...   $0 (02-19-2013 - KY)

CURIAM: Plaintiff Uwe Taylor appeals the determination of the Commissioner of Social Security, denying him disability benefits. We AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Taylor alleges that he has a variety of problems that qualify as a disability under 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g). These include: chronic pain in his feet, legs, and back, tarsal tunnel syndrom, nerve entrapment, and plantar fasci... More...   $0 (02-01-2013 - TX)

Cadbury Schweppes Holding, Inc. (Cadbury Schweppes) appeals, and Carly Boyd Sr. cross-appeals, the judicial review ruling that affirmed the workers’ compensation commissioner’s award of benefits to Boyd. Cadbury Schweppes contends the evidence does not support the commissioner’s finding that Boyd suffered a whole-body injury extending to the right hip and award of eighty-percent industrial d... More...   $0 (01-24-2013 - IA)

Linda K. Roddy suffers from a number of serious medical problems, including in particular severe lower back pain attributable to degenerative disc disease. Eventually, when her pain became unbearable, she stopped working and applied for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. She was unsuccessful before both the Social Security Administration and an administrative law judge (A... More...   $0 (01-24-2013 - IN)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Donna Mae Peck appeals from a superior court judgment granting plaintiff Victor J. Shattuck a writ of possession for the parties’ former residence in Cavendish and denying defendant’s counterclaim for an equitable interest in the Cavendish property and another former residence in Springfield. We affirm.

¶ 2. The facts as found by ... More...   $0 (01-20-2013 - VT)

Linda K. Roddy suffers from a number of serious medical problems, including in particular severe lower back pain attributable to degenerative disc disease. Eventually, when her pain became unbearable, she stopped working and applied for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

She was unsuccessful before both the Social Security Administration and an administr... More...   $0 (01-18-2013 - IN)

This appeal arises from a dispute between Unum Life Insurance Company ofAmerica (“Unumâ€�) and the late Kevin Sullivan over long-term disability benefitpayments. After paying benefits to Sullivan for several years, Unum discontinued thepayments in January 2010. Sullivan sued Unum, arguing that the termination of hisbenefits violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISAâ€... More...   $0 (01-10-2013 - MN)

Appellant Sharon Ann Gribble, individually and in her capacity as guardian of the person and estate of Michael Ray Gribble, her disabled adult son, sued Michael’s alleged biological father, appellee Brent Allen Layton, for a determination of parentage and child support. Layton moved to dismiss the suit on statute-of-limitations grounds and, alternatively, on the grounds that Sharon lacked standi... More...   $0 (12-07-2012 - TX)

¶1 Sunnyside Coal Company, the Workers’ Compensation Fund, and the Employers’ Reinsurance Fund (collectively, Petitioners) challenge the Labor Commission’s award of permanent total disability benefits to claimant Cecil Henningson. Petitioners argue that the award is barred under the relevant statute of limitation, which prevents the Labor Commission from acquiring jurisdiction and making th... More...   $0 (11-06-2012 - UT)

Terri Jo Anderson appeals from the magistrate judge's1 decision affirming the Commissioner's denial of social security disability insurance benefits. We affirm. 1The Honorable James C. England, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

I. BACKGROUND
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Pennie L. Keyes-Zachary appeals from an order of the district court affirming the Commissioner’s decision denying her applications for Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits. Ms. Keyes-Zachary’s protected filing date was June 7, 2004. She alleges disability based on, among other things, neck, back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, and knee problems, accompanied by pa... More...   $0 (09-19-2012 - OK)

Mark Hagans appeals the cessation of his Social Security disability insurance benefits following a determination by the Social Security Administration (“SSAâ€�) that he was no longer disabled. Hagans argues the District Court erred by reviewing his disability status as of September 1, 2004 — the day on which, according to the SSA, Hagans’s disability ceased. This contention requires us to de... More...   $0 (09-17-2012 - nj)

¶1 The trial court petitioner, Randolph Francis (Husband), appeals a part of a decree of divorce entered in a dissolution of marriage action with the respondent, Marsha Storm Francis (Wife). After review, this Court affirms the appealed decree in part and reverses in part.

BACKGROUND

¶2 This appeal concerns the trial court's interpretation of the parties' antenuptial agreement ("Ag... More...   $0 (09-14-2012 - OK)

Mao‟s Kitchen, Inc. (MKI) appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Thomas Mundy and Morse Mehrban. MKI contends the superior court erred in determining that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over MKI‟s qui tam cross-complaint because the cross-complaint was based upon publicly disclosed information.1 MKI also appeals from a judgment following the grant of summary judgmen... More...   $0 (09-10-2012 - CA)

Dwayne K. Moore appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner’s denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. Exercising jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we apply the firm waiver rule and dismiss the appeal.

Moore filed this action in district court to appeal the Commissioner’s decision denying him disability benefits... More...   $0 (08-09-2012 - OK)

Bradley Shideler suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, also called “brittle bone disease.â€� In 2006, he applied for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, and after holding an evidentiary hearing, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJâ€�) found that despite Shideler’s limitations, there were a sufficient number of jobs in the regional economy available to a person with his restrictions... More...   $0 (07-20-2012 - IN)

Plaintiff Lisa R. Chapo appeals from a district court order upholding the
Commissioner’s denial of her application for disability and supplemental security
income benefits. “We independently review the Commissioner’s decision to
determine whether it is free from legal error and supported by substantial evidence.�
Krauser v. Astrue, 638 F.3d 1324, 1326 (10th Cir. 2011). Exer... More...   $0 (06-26-2012 - CO)

Claiming that she is unable to work, Wendy Bias seeks social security disability benefits. An administrative law judge rejected Ms. Bias’s application, however, concluding that Ms. Bias’s anxiety and depression are not severe and do not impose any limitation on her ability to work. After a hearing, the ALJ also concluded that while Ms. Bias suffers from severe degenerative disc disease of the ... More...   $0 (06-22-2012 - OK)

Leah A. Bilyeu appeals the district court’s dismissal of her claim challenging the termination of her long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. Bilyeu also challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of First Unum Life Insurance Company (Unum) on Unum’s counterclaim for restitution of overpaid be... More...   $0 (06-20-2012 - az)

Jeff Renfro is insured under two long-term disability plans administered by Unum Life Insurance Company (Unum), namely, the Funky Door Long Term Disability Plan (the FDP), and the ServiceMaster Long Term Disability Plan (the SMP) (the FDP and the SMP collectively, the Plans). Renfro sued the Plans when Unum decided to deduct his Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefit as deductible inc... More...   $0 (06-18-2012 - CA)

Plaintiffs-Appellants John Turner, Pamela Campbell, Rita Corns, and Attorney-Appellant Wolodymyr Iwan Cybriwsky, were denied their requests for attorney’s fee awards under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJAâ€�), 42 U.S.C. § 2412 et seq. On appeal, we have consolidated these cases for review. We REVERSE the judgments of the district courts and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with... More...   $0 (05-25-2012 - KY)