Melanie Lapidus was employed with BJC Healthcare as the Vice-President of Medical Benefits. In that role, she developed and executed strategic initiatives related to the growth of a managed care provider network. The work was sedentary for the most part, but it also involved brief periods of standing, walking, and lifting, carrying, or pushing 10 […]
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Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Life Insurance Company of North America Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits
In the case of Green v. Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA), Plaintiff Michael Green was a truck driver for McLane Company, Inc. (McLane). In December 14, 2014, he began having symptoms of foggy and cloudy vision. His ophthalmologist diagnosed him with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in his right eye and sent him back […]