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, vomiting secondary to a neuroma, migraines, fibromyalgia, severe weight loss, fatigue, syncope, and secondary diagnoses of anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder with agoraphobia, inability to concentrate and memory loss, all of which prevented her from performing the material duties of her occupation as an attorney…
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Unum sued for denying disability benefits to florida woman with fibromyalgia, neuropathy, and hepatitis
Elaine Carr wasn’t getting anywhere with her claim with Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum) for long-term disability benefit payments for which she was eligible under the group plan she had while she was an employee of Ronald J. Mueller, Inc., d/b/a Volvo Village. Having exhausted her administrative remedies with Unum, Ms. Carr filed an ERISA lawsuit against Unum in United States District Court in the Middle District of Florida with the help of her Florida disability attorney.
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Wisconsin man sues Liberty Life for termination of disability insurance benefits
Jeffrey Barr has not been able to work with any continuity and has been completely disabled since 2007. Hypertension and cerebral micro vascular disease of the brain have prevented Mr. Barr from working as an active employee of Danaher Corporation in Wisconsin. As result of his being completely and totally disabled, Mr. Barr was eligible to receive long-term disability insurance benefits from his long-term disability insurance company – Liberty Life and Mutual (Liberty). Mr. Barr was able to claim long-term disability benefit payments because he fit the definition of being disabled since he could not perform the material duties of his own occupation and, eventually, any occupation, according to his long-term disability plan.
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Prudential Insurance pays disability benefits for 12 years to former Prudential employee then denies claim
Robert Bankston worked for Prudential Insurance Company of America from 1988 to December 1997 as an insurance and financial services agent. Mr. Bankston became completely and totally disabled as a result of severe mental illnesses in 1998 which included: bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Washington attorney sues CIGNA for denying disability benefits during any occupation stage and seeking to collect SSDI overpayment
Disability Insurance companies do not have a reputation for being sympathetic towards their clients. They will usually put themselves in the most favorable position that they can be at in order to minimize paying out to disability claims. The Employee Retirement Income Act of 1074 (ERISA) was enacted in an effort to limit the abuses and discrimination that insurance companies will impose on claimants for disability benefits. While ERISA has essentially become a pro-insurance company law, there are some protections in the law for disability claimants…
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UNUM Life Insurance Company sued by California Disability Lawyer after denial of benefits for a school custodian
The UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) is one of the largest providers of long term disability insurance in the United States; however, UNUM is not only well known for its size. This disability insurance company has a checkered history with regard to its handling of Unum disability Claims. In 2004, Unum was the subject of an investigation by state regulators which resulted in a reassessment of 200,000claims and a fine in excess of $15 million…
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Former Aetna employee sues Aetna for denial of short-term disability benefits
It is not out of the ordinary to come across a case in which a former employee of an insurance company is denied disability insurance benefits by the same company that they were employed by. Aetna Insurance recently determined that one of their own employees was not disabled and therefore denied her claim for short term disability benefits.