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Former Lilly employee wins an ironic lawsuit over disability benefits

  • Ed Silverman

By Ed Silverman May 22, 2017

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Eli Lilly headquarters
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How’s this for irony?

A federal appeals court ruled last week that Eli Lilly should not have ended disability benefits to a former human resources director who claimed she was unable to continue working because she suffered from fibromyalgia, a chronic neurologic condition.

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Ed Silverman

Ed Silverman

Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer

Ed Silverman covers the pharmaceutical industry.

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