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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.
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UNUM sued by Ohio disability …
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A Federal Judge’s perspective on ERISA disability insurance claims
This video features Judge William Acker, Jr. testifying at Senate Finance Committee hearing discussing ERISA and long-term disability insurance claims. Disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell & Stephen Jessup provide their thoughts on ERISA and the testimony of Judge Acker.
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Disability lawsuit against MetLife alleges insurance company refuses to pay disabled claimant
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, known as MetLife (NYSE: MET), is being sued in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, for refusing to honor its contractual obligation to pay long term disability insurance benefits to a psychologically…
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Missouri Court reverses Prudential Insurance Company’s wrongful denial of disability insurance benefits for former pharmacy technician
A Missouri Federal Court determined that Prudential was wrong to terminate a man’s disability insurance benefits by relying on a vocational expert who was not given enough information and a doctor who failed to explain…
After successfully winning her claim against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Life) at both district and appeals court levels, Theresa Willcox’s disability attorney sought compensation for the attorney’s fees charged Willcox to bring her claim before the Courts. When the District Court denied the application, Willcox’s disability attorney appealed the decision.
The primary…
Willcox v Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty) is an interesting disability insurance case. Theresa Willcox originally brought her disability claim before the U.S. District Court in Minnesota. When Liberty Life determined that she did not qualify to have her short-term disability benefits extended into long-term disability benefits, she made the usual appeals to…
Disability Insurance Attorneys Gregory Michael Dell and Rachel Alters of Dell and Schaefer have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston "Liberty Mutual" for failure to pay long-term disability benefits owed to a disability claimant in violation of The Employee…
When Donna Cusson took her long-term disability case to the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit on September 15, 2009, she hoped for a reversal of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts’ decision in favor of Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Mutual). We have already shared the background to this case in…
Donna Cusson went into Appeals Court challenging the First District Court’s decision issuing summary judgment to Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Mutual) and thereby upholding the disability denial. Cusson believed that the material facts in her case should have gone in her favor, not the disability insurance company’s.
In this article, we will…
Nancy Love worked for National City Corporation for two decades before she was forced to stop working. When Mrs. Love began experiencing dizziness, fatigue and blurred vision, she visited the doctor and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Mrs. Love applied for and received short term benefits from the National City Corporation Welfare Benefits Plan, underwritten by Liberty Mutual. Short term disability benefits were for 18 months, and when Mrs. Love benefits expired, she applied for and received long-term disability benefits.
Continue Reading Appellate Court Reverses Liberty Mutual’s Denial of Disability Benefits To A Bank Employee
