Disability Blog & Cases:
Medical Doctor sues Guardian / Berkshire Life Insurance Company Of America for $1.2 million dollars following denial of disability insurance benefits

Recently, in the case of Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology S.C and Jawdat Abboud Vs. Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America filed at the District Court for Northern Illinois Eastern Division, the plaintiff Jawdat Abboud through his Illinois disability attorney alleged that the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America (a subsidiary of Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America) had caused him and his business to suffer damages due to the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America (Berkshire) wilful conduct in constructively denying the plaintiff’s disability claim benefits due under the insurance policies that he purchased and contracted from Berkshire.


Disability Blog & Cases:
Medical Secretary suffering from “failed back syndrome” and leukemia sues The Standard Insurance Company for disability benefit denial

Despite numerous disabling medical conditions, The Standard Insurance Company Denied disability benefits. The plaintiff was a medical secretary working at a private practice. By virtue of her employment, the plaintiff became eligible for coverage under the Standard Insurance’s Select Trust Group Policy, Long Term Disability Benefits, Group Policy. Under the terms of the Plan, Standard Insurance is the Plan fiduciary and insurer.


Disability Blog & Cases:
CIGNA pays disability benefits for 10 years, offers a lump sum buyout and then denies disability claim

The case of Therese Regan vs. CIGNA Corporation d/b/a CIGNA Group Insurance and Pactiv Corporation concerns a former Pactiv Corporation’s Lab Technician who recently, through a New York disability attorney, filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Northern District of New York against the CIGNA Corporation for wrongfully denying her claim for disability benefits.