When a senior sales executive at SAP America suffered a fall in late 2016, little did she know that her life would be forever changed. She had worked in her high-executive job at the company for seven years, enjoying a good salary for her hard work. But the fall left her with a diagnosis of post-concussive syndrome and traumatic brain injury.Continue Reading How Can I Win an Aetna Long-term Disability Appeal for Brain Injury?

In Colon L. Carter v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine held that Aetna did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Plaintiff’s claim for long term disability (LTD) benefits. Specifically, the Court held that “the insurer had a reasonable basis and sufficient evidence to deny the plaintiff’s claim for benefits. The Court therefore grants the insurer’s and denies the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.”
Continue Reading Court Holds Substantial Evidence Supports Aetna’s Denial of LTD Benefits

If you have Aetna Insurance and hold a Disability Insurance Policy with them, this is a video you need to see. A policy holder with Aetna tried to file a claim after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and becoming disabled due to treatments.
Continue Reading Aetna Approves then Denies Disability Claim Based on Pre-Existing Conditions Clause

Attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss problems encountered in litigation on behalf of a client who had a stroke. He returned to work, but three years later filed a claim for long-term disability benefits with Aetna Disability Insurance. Aetna agreed with his treating neuropsychologist that he could not work in his own occupation due to his symptoms indicating cognitive, visual, auditory, spatial, and perception issues and awarded him benefits.
Continue Reading Disability Attorneys Discuss Aetna’s Denial of LTD Benefits to Software Engineer Who Suffered a Stroke Followed by Cognitive Losses

In this video, disability insurance lawyers Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia consider the effect on Amazon workers’ disability claims now that Hartford has bought the Aetna Disability Insurance Company. They conclude that changes will be unlikely since both companies now engage in extensive and exhaustive claims review, using every possible avenue they can to avoid paying long-term disability claims.
Continue Reading Disability Attorneys Discuss Hartford’s Purchase of Aetna and How It May Affect Amazon Workers

Davis v. Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna) involves a case where a plaintiff filed an ERISA lawsuit against Aetna alleging that she should receive long-term disability benefits under her employee benefit plan. As it turns out, there was no evidence she had ever submitted a claim for benefits. When Aetna filed its Motion for Summary Judgment, plaintiff failed to file an opposition. The Court determined there was no material issue of triable fact and granted Aetna’s motion.
Continue Reading Louisiana Court Grants Aetna’s Unopposed Summary Judgment Motion

In Jacowski v. Kraft Foods, et al., the Federal District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin denied plaintiff Kathy Jacowski‘s claim that Aetna arbitrarily and capriciously terminated her long-term disability benefits in violation of ERISA.
Jacowski began working for Kraft Foods in 1981. In 2008, Jacowksi quit her job, citing her poor mental health. Her treating physician diagnosed her with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic-stress disorder. In 2011, she was notified by Aetna, the insurer that Kraft contracted with to administer its disability benefits, that she qualified for total disability benefits. She received these benefits until February, 2014, when they were terminated.Continue Reading Aetna Defends Claim of Arbitrary and Capricious Disability Benefits Termination

The plaintiff in Neno v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, employed as a Senior Forensic Professional by a computer corporation, received short term disability benefits under his employer’s welfare benefit plan due to his debilitating neck and hip pain. After 24 months, those benefits were exhausted and his application for long term disability benefits was denied.
Continue Reading Court Allows Aetna to Use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to Deny LTD Benefits