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Sedgwick is a third party disability benefits claim administrator for companies that have self funded disability plans. Sedgwick can be very difficult to deal with as they handle claims on a contract basis and tend to have a lot of turnover with their disability claims handlers.Continue Reading JP Morgan Chase IT Manager with Shoulder Disorder & Bipolar Wins Sedgwick Disability Appeal

Sedgwick Claims Management is notorious for abusing its discretion when determining whether a claimant qualifies for disability benefits. The most common ways in which Sedgwick abuses its discretion includes, the failure to consider treating doctors’ opinions, failure to consider a favorable determination by the Social Security Administration, failure to speak to treating doctors regarding the claimants’ disabling conditions, failure to have the claimant examined and relying solely on paper reviews of paid doctors. A court in the Northern District of California addressed some of these very issues resulting in a very favorable outcome for the Plaintiff.
Continue Reading Plaintiff Awarded Benefits when Sedgwick Abuses its Discretion

As disability insurance attorneys that help disability claimants nationwide it is frustrating when we see a repetitive trend of denial tactics by the same company. We are contacted multiple times every day from people denied benefits by Sedgwick Claims Management. Here is a recent denial of disability benefits story we received from a claimant that was denied by Sedgwick:Continue Reading A Common Sedgwick Short Term Disability Denial Story

A Puerto Rico court rules in favor of the claimant and finds that denial of her STD benefits made her ineligible for LTD benefits, thereby exhausting her administrative remedies for LTD benefits.
Continue Reading Sedgwick and Walgreens Deny STD benefits, But Puerto Rico Court Rules That Pharmacist Can Seek LTD Benefits without Exhausting ERISA Appeal

The Plaintiff, Christopher L., with the help of his Texas Disability Attorney, has filed this lawsuit against Sedgwick Claims Management Services , Inc. (Sedgwick), Administrator of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company Disability Plan.

In Christopher L. v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Plaintiff has filed this lawsuit to regain all short-term and long-term disability payments…

Disability Blog & Cases:
Are Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) Providers Really “Independent”?

After being twice denied continued disability benefits, an Addiction Medicine Physician, with the help of his California Disability Attorney, was forced to file a lawsuit against Hartford.

Disability Blog & Cases:
North Carolina Court Determines That Sedgwick Abused Their Discretion And Wrongfully Denied …

Disability Blog & Cases:
Standard Motor Products Employee file an ERISA Lawsuit against Prudential Insurance for denied disability benefits

Claiming ERISA (Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act) violations, Jacqueline Musgrove and her Kansas disability attorney filed a lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company of America on July 1, 2011 for her long term disability benefits. As an…