In two recent separate cases, an employee of Wells Fargo & Company (Wells Fargo) and an employee of Filtrona Greensboro, Inc. filed lawsuits in California and North Carolina respectively, through their disability attorneys, against the Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Life) for violations of the provisions of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
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9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determines that an Insurance Company and other entities may be sued in cases involving long term disability benefits
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June 22, 2011 – A recent opinion from the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals has helped clarify the rules as to who you can sue in actions for benefits under a long term disability policy See Cyr v. Reliance Standard & Channel Technologies, 2011 WL 2464440, June 22, 2011. The Court concluded…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (06/25/2011)
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Disability Blog & Cases:
Anesthesiologist files lawsuit against Paul Revere Life Insurance Company alleging wrongful deduction of social security retirement benefits
On April 29, 2011, Dr. Phillip W. Watson and his disability attorney filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court Southern District of Florida as a last resort to settle Watson’s claim that…
Disabled Marquette General Hospital’s Pacemaker Technician Suing Unum Life Insurance for Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits
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A Michigan disability attorney, on behalf of a disabled Michigan client, filed a lawsuit against the Unum Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) at the District Court for the Western District of Michigan. In Kristina M. Arbelius V Unum Group D/B/A Unum Life Insurance Company of America, the plaintiff Kristina M. Arbelius alleged that…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (06/18/2011)
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Former Zurich Insurance employee diagnosed with crohn’s disease sues Liberty Life for denial of disability benefits
Carol Snyder and her Missouri disability lawyer filed a civil complaint against Liberty in United States District Court in the Western District of Missouri because Liberty denied her claim for short-term disability benefit payments.
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Prudential Insurance Denies Disability Benefits And Allegedly Violates Texas Insurance Code and ERISA
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Disabled since March 12, 2008, Gayle Bennett initially received her disability benefits from Prudential Life Insurance until February 27, 2010, when Prudential ceased paying Bennett’s disability benefits and refused to continue paying her disability benefits as required by her Plan. Consequently, Bennett and her disability attorney filed a six count lawsuit in the United States…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (06/11/2011)
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Hartford reverses disability benefit denial after previously paying 62 year old sales rep for 6 years
Our client, a 62 year old former pharmaceutical sales rep, had been receiving long term disability benefits with Hartford Insurance Company for nearly six years due to chronic back pain, which had resulted in six surgeries in…
New Jersey Disability Attorney Filed Lawsuit Against Prudential Insurance Company Of America On Behalf Of Disabled School Teacher For Violations Of ERISA
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Recently a lawsuit was filed at the District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) for failure to pay long term disability (LTD) benefits to a disabled teacher for West Orange Board of Education. In Janel Braun v The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the plaintiff…
This Week on DIAttorney.com (06/04/2011)
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Aetna fails to review Bank Of America employee’s ERISA disability benefit appeal timely resulting in lawsuit by an Illinois disability lawyer
Brian Woulfe of northern Illinois worked as a mortgage loan officer for Bank of America until he was no longer able to work with reasonable continuity because of complications that…
Prudential Insurance faces lawsuit filed by Texas disability attorney for denying disability benefit to disabled SAIA’s employee
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Recently, the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) was sued by an SAIA truck driver for denial to pay long term disability benefits under the SAIA’s ‘Hourly Employees Long Term disability plan’. A Texas disability lawyer filed the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiff Mitchell Stiles at the District court for the Northern District of…