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An Illinois disability attorney, on behalf of a FedEx employee, recently filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Northern District Of Illinois against the Life Insurance Company of North America (now part of CIGNA Group) for wrongfully classifying the post of a Line Haul Manager as a sedentary occupation thereby resulting in the…

Disability Blog & Cases:
Group Health Plan Inc’s Actuary sues Reliastar Life Insurance Company and ING Disability Claims Management Services for recovery of disability benefits under The Ramsey Health Care Services Short Term Disability Plan

A Minnesota disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a client against the Reliastar Life Insurance Company and…

The Aetna Life Insurance Company (AETNA) was recently sued in three separate cases in Florida and Texas for denying claims for disability insurance benefits under employee welfare benefit plans that was administered by it. Let us have a closer look at the circumstances of the different cases below.

Lawsuits filed by Bank of America employees…

In the past week, The Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Life) was recently sued for denying disability insurance benefits to claimants in the states of Florida, South Carolina and Michigan. The disability lawsuits were undertaken as a result of failure to comply with the provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Plaintiff Robert DeMoss appeals from an order of the district court in favor of the defendant, Matrix Absence Management, Inc. (Matrix).

As an employee of LSI Logic Corporation, Robert DeMoss was a participant in his employer’s LTD group insurance policy administered by Matrix. On May 10, 2002 Matrix found DeMoss eligible for LTD benefits based…

Disability Blog & Cases:
Oregon Judge orders Standard Insurance Company to pay disability insurance benefits beyond the 24 month mental disorder limitation

In James F. Kitterman Vs Standard Insurance Company and Standard Select Trust Insurance Plans, the plaintiff, through his Oregon disability attorney, brought an ERISA action against the Standard Insurance Company (Standard) seeking…

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…