Mealey's ( August 18, 2025, 11:26 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Ruling 2-1 “that any release of claims against [insurer Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada] was not knowing and voluntary,” the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a suit over denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits where Sun Life had won summary judgment because of a separation agreement the claimant signed with her former employer....