How have courts treated claims of long-term disability in medical malpractice cases?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Phillips v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 2:18-cv-02307-MCE-KJN (E.D. Cal. 2020):

without merit. See Gregory v. Bowen, 844 F.2d 664, 667 (9th Cir. 1988) ("[S]ubstantial evidence indicated that [plaintiff's] condition . . . remained constant for a number of years and that her back problems had not prevented her from working over that time.").

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