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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…

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…

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…

It’s not unusual for a long-term disability insurance company to ask a claimant to apply for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits. Why? When claimants receive SSDI benefit payments, the disability insurance company will offset the monthly benefit payment paid to the claimant by the amount of money the claimant receives from SSDI.

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Resolved Cases:
Standard Insurance Company reverses disability insurance denial for a disabled lawyer

Disability Insurance Lawyers Dell & Schaefer prevailed in an ERISA appeal filed on behalf of their client when The Standard Insurance Company wrongfully denied her long term disability benefits. The client was suffering multiple gastro-intestinal conditions, chronic intractable abdominal pain, visceral hypersensitivity syndrome, nausea…

Disability Insurance Law TV:
Beware of hired gun doctors in disability insurance claims

In this video former Montana Insurance Commissioner John Morrison discusses that the fact that disability insurance companies will use hired gun doctors to wrongfully deny disability insurance claims. Additionally, you will hear a view in defense of hired insurance company doctors from…

Disability Insurance Law TV:
Did UNUM insurance disability claims examiner understand physician’s job duties?

This video is a small portion of the video-taped trial testimony of a Unum long term disability employee. The deposition was completed on behalf of our client by attorney Gregory Michael Dell.

Disability Blog & Cases:
UNUM sued by Ohio disability …