Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
On April 13, 2011, a Morgan Stanley employee and her California disability attorney filed a lawsuit against First UNUM Life Insurance Company for breach of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974(ERISA), after she was denied long term disability benefits.
On June 22, 2007, the claimant became disabled due to "a series of physical…
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston was recently sued by three separate Plaintiffs for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violations in Michigan Federal Courts. In all three cases filed by Michigan disability attorneys, Liberty is alleged of wrongfully denying the claims of all Plaintiffs for long-term disability (LTD) benefits.
The First Case
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Disability Blog & Cases:
Radio personality files lawsuit against UNUM to recover disability benefits
A Radio Station employee and her Montana disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against UNUM Group in Montana Federal Court alleging that the insurer violated the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) when it wrongfully denied her entitled disability benefits…
A federal lawsuit was recently filed by a Florida disability attorney against the Berkshire Life to recover monthly disability benefit payments wrongly withheld. As a Senior Strategic Accounts Manager for Walgreen’s, Inc., George F., was covered by Berkshire’s monthly disability benefit plan.
The Facts of the Case Against Berkshire Life Insurance Company Of North America…
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Liberty Mutual must consider disability appeal submitted 2.5 years after denial
A Massachusetts Federal District Court recently entered a very favorable opinion for disability insurance claimants. This case against Liberty Mutual is very fact specific so it does not abolish the 180 day ERISA regulation requirement to submit an appeal in…
An Illinois disability attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The plaintiff had contracted with Guardian Life to provide disability income insurance. Plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit to recover disability benefits that were wrongfully withheld by Guardian.
The Facts of the Case Against Guardian Life Insurance Company Of…
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Microsoft employee forced to sue Prudential for denial of ERISA disability benefits
Forced to hire a Washington disability lawyer to represent him in United States District Court to file an ERISA lawsuit against Prudential Insurance, a Software Design Test Engineer and his attorney allege that the insurer breached its contract, violated…
Recently, two different lawsuits were filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against the Principal Insurance Company of America. In both cases filed through the respective plaintiffs’ disability attorney, Principal was alleged to have wrongfully denied the respective plaintiffs their claims for long-term disability (LTD) benefits.
The First Case
The plaintiff through a…
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Will a disability insurance company watch me on Facebook or other social media sites?
In this video Nationwide Disability Insurance Attorney Gregory Dell discusses the precautions that all disability insurance claimants using Facebook should consider.
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Employees of Boeing and Bank of America sue Aetna for denying disability …
A South Carolina disability attorney recently filed a federal ERISA lawsuit against the Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston. The plaintiff was employed by Michelin North America, Inc., who contracted with Defendant Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston d/b/a Liberty Mutual to provide long-term disability benefits to its employees. By virtue of his employment, Plaintiff…
