Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
Debra Letvinuck sued Aetna in District Court after Aetna denied her short-term and long-term disability benefits. After the District Court concluded that Aetna did not abuse its discretion in denying Letvinuck benefits, Letvinuck appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Aetna both funds and administers the Plan’s long-term disability benefits.
Aetna’s dual role rendered…
Resolved Cases:
CIGNA denies benefits after paying for 10 years, but Disability Attorney Stephen Jessup wins benefits for 60 year old client with fibromyalgia
For ten years our client was receiving long term disability benefits from CIGNA under an ERISA governed Group Disability Policy (Jaycor) due to a litany of medical conditions, which included Adult…
Alleging that AETNA Life and Boeing have violated ERISA (Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974) by refusing to pay her earned disability insurance benefits, Deborah Rodriguez has filed a lawsuit in the United State District Court of Utah Central Division. Asking the Court to find in her favor against both AETNA and Boeing, Rodriguez and…
If a claimant has a pre-existing condition they need to be aware of the pre-existing provision prior to filing an application for disability benefits and prior to stopping work. Almost all disability insurance policies contain pre-existing condition provisions.
Most pre-existing condition provisions state that if a claimant files a disability claim related to the same…
Disability Blog & Cases:
California disability attorney sues Standard Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits payments to paraplegic
In the case of D. Nielsen Pollock Vs Standard Insurance Company, filed at the District Court for the Southern District Of California, the plaintiff complained that the Standard Insurance Company (Standard Insurance) have…
Connie White waited more than five years to file a lawsuit against MetLife for denial of her disability benefits. The law in Louisiana only provided Ms. White 5 years to file her legal action. The district court dismissed her disability claim and the 5th Circuit court of appeals affirmed the denial. Disability insurance claimants need…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Arkansas disability attorney filed lawsuit against Sun Life and Health Insurance Company on behalf of disabled Buford Media Group, LLC’s Office Manager for denial of disability benefits
In Kathryn McDaniel-Bowen vs Sun Life and Health Insurance Company F/K/A Genworth Life and Health Insurance Company, filed at the District Court for…
Beneficiaries of disability insurance policies are seldom faced with an easy task when trying to claim disability benefits. Usually there are a long list of procedures with which claimants must follow before disability insurance companies approve their claim for disability benefits. Hence, it is advisable to have a disability attorney handle your claim for disability…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Office medical specialist suffering with fibromyalgia and CFS hires Arizona Disability Attorney to sue CIGNA for denial of disability benefits
Anita Barajas has taken her disability claim to the United States District Court of Arizona in an attempt to force University Physicians, Inc. (“UPI”), CIGNA Group Insurance, and Life Insurance Company…
In the latter part of May, complaint after complaint was filed against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston from shore to shore.
Senior Administrative Analyst Sues Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston For Disability Benefits And Seeks more than five million dollars in damages
In Margie Mauro v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston…
