Recently, the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) was sued by an SAIA truck driver for denial to pay long term disability benefits under the SAIA’s ‘Hourly Employees Long Term disability plan’. A Texas disability lawyer filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiff Mitchell Stiles at the District court for the Northern District of
May 2011
This Week on DIAttorney.com (05/28/2011)
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Disability Blog & Cases:
20 years of receiving disability insurance benefits and CIGNA denies woman’s benefits three separate times
A federal lawsuit recently filed in Pennsylvania against Cigna Insurance Company portrays a woman’s 21 year on and off battle with Cigna in order to maintain her long term disability benefits. When dealing with disability insurance…
Kentucky woman is approved for SSDI Benefits and then Prudential terminates her disability benefits
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It’s not unusual for a long-term disability insurance company to ask a claimant to apply for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits. Why? When claimants receive SSDI benefit payments, the disability insurance company will offset the monthly benefit payment paid to the claimant by the amount of money the claimant receives from SSDI.
Most disability…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (05/21/2011)
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Resolved Cases:
Standard Insurance Company reverses disability insurance denial for a disabled lawyer
Disability Insurance Lawyers Dell & Schaefer prevailed in an ERISA appeal filed on behalf of their client when The Standard Insurance Company wrongfully denied her long term disability benefits. The client was suffering multiple gastro-intestinal conditions, chronic intractable abdominal pain, visceral hypersensitivity syndrome, nausea…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (05/14/2011)
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Disability Insurance Law TV:
Beware of hired gun doctors in disability insurance claims
In this video former Montana Insurance Commissioner John Morrison discusses that the fact that disability insurance companies will use hired gun doctors to wrongfully deny disability insurance claims. Additionally, you will hear a view in defense of hired insurance company doctors from…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (05/07/2011)
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Did UNUM insurance disability claims examiner understand physician’s job duties?
This video is a small portion of the video-taped trial testimony of a Unum long term disability employee. The deposition was completed on behalf of our client by attorney Gregory Michael Dell.
Disability Blog & Cases:
UNUM sued by Ohio disability …