Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
Disability Blog & Cases:
Northwestern Mutual sued by shareholder attorney for underpaying and denying long-term disability benefits
A Washington disability attorney filed a federal lawsuit in the District Court serving the Western District Court of Washington at Seattle against Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (Northwestern). The Plaintiff, Scott D., worked as a shareholder attorney at…
In Maryland Federal Court, a four-year employee (working as a receiver) at Weis Markets, Inc. ceased working in October 2009 due to cervical surgery that she had to undergo for repair of injuries she sustained in a car accident in October 2008. After being denied long term disability benefits by Guardian, she was forced to…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Registered nurse at Temple University Hospital denied disability benefits, sues Cigna
A Pennsylvania disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit in District Court of Pennsylvania against Cigna. The Plaintiff, Jamy V., was employed as a registered nurse for Temple University Health Systems (TUHS) through April 1, 2006. Due to her employment with…
Finding itself named as the defendant in multiple lawsuits throughout the United States this summer, Aetna Life Insurance has a lot of denied and terminated long term disability benefit claims to answer for in District Courts.
Case 1: Aetna Life Lawsuit in Georgia
Donald W. and his Georgia disability attorney filed a lawsuit in the…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Five disability lawsuits recently filed against UNUM in Tennessee, Ohio, Missouri, and Michigan
Five ERISA disability lawsuits have been recently filed against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America for the wrongful denial of disability benefits. In each of the cases, a disability attorney from Tennessee, Ohio, Missouri and Michigan have…
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…
Disability Blog & Cases:
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…
