( May 22, 2026, 7:46 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has scheduled oral argument for June 26 in a dispute over long-term disability (LTD) benefits that involves interpretation of the term “work,” whether passive income counts as earnings and what constitutes sufficient proof of disability; in the challenged ruling, a federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer, sustaining its objections to a report and recommendation in favor of the claimant and adopting only the parts it didn’t object to....