Keeping Disability Insurance Companies Honest and Helping Claimants Collect LTD or STD Benefits
Resolved Case:
Cigna reinstates the benefits of a former Sales Representative with chronic back pain following an appeal submitted by Attorney Stephen Jessup.
Cigna Overturns Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits On Appeal
Resolved Case:
Disabled Account Manager that was denied Long-Term Disability benefits by CIGNA is on claim after Dell & Schaefer Appeal.
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Our client was an OB/GYN with 18 years of experience who was suffering from Sensory motor and Peripheral Neuropathy; disc degeneration and herniations of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine, with associated radiculopathy; osteoarthritis / degenerative joint disease; and the loss of vision in his left eye. He attempted to continue to work through the…
Our client was a former United States postal worker who became disabled due to a back injury he sustained in an automobile accident in 2003. Several years before the accident, he purchased a disability insurance policy offered by his credit card company, which provided a lump sum payment in the amount of one million dollars…
Our client, a financial currency trader, purchased a long term disability policy from Unum more than 10 years before she was forced to file a claim. Our client was a successful currency trader with a history of depression and bouts of severe fatigue, who, due to her conditions stopped working in January of 2008. For…
Our client, an OB/GYN purchased long term disability insurance policies from Berkshire and Liberty Mutual in hopes that he would never need to file a disability claim. He began experiencing a slight tremor in his left hand in 2006. At that time he sought treatment to determine the origin of the tremor and his options…
Disability Insurance Attorney Gregory Dell was retained to help an industrial salesman negotiate a lump-sum buyout offer with Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA), also knwon as CIGNA Group Insurance.
Our client had been on claim for several years as a result of a cardiac condition. His claim had not been smooth as…
Our client, a general surgeon with chronic back pain, will finally receive the long-term disability benefits that he has been denied since October 2004. The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois entered a final judgment of $402,268.00 against UNUM (formerly known as Paul Revere Life Insurance Company). In addition to the…
Attorneys Dell & Schaefer win a long-term disability appeal on behalf of a psychologist whose disability benefits were denied by Liberty Mutual. Our client’s benefits were re-instated and she will now receive several hundred thousands of dollars throughout her lifetime.…
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Dr. C, a podiatrist / podiatric surgeon, was successfully practicing in Texas prior to the injury which caused his disability. During a routine blood draw, the phlebotomist taking Dr. C’s blood sample mistakenly injected the needle too deep into Dr. C’s right arm. Dr. C immediately felt shooting and burning pain radiating down his right arm and into his hand.…
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Dr. Z, a chiropractor, suffered an injury to both of his wrists while performing work in his backyard. As a result, Dr. Z was forced to discontinue his profession as a chiropractor and file disability claims under his three long-term disability insurance policies.…
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