Labor/Employment,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
Jan. 14, 2022
Covid longhauler sues over denial of disability benefits
Of the 40 million Americans who have been diagnosed with Covid, one in four have developed long term ailments, according to a study by UC Davis Health.
In one of the first federal lawsuits of its kind, a software sales executive says she is entitled to disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, based entirely on post-Covid neurological ailments like "brain fog," which prevent her from doing her work.
Filed in federal court in Los Angeles this week by an employee of the online platform Cengage Learning Inc, the complaint claims California resident Wendy Haut is ...
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