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Graciella Saffon, an employee of Wells Fargo Bank, had suffered from degeneration of her cervical spine for several years. This condition was confirmed by several MRIs, X-rays and other medical information. In 2001, Saffon was in a car accident which aggravated her neck condition, leading her to quit her desk job and apply for long-term disability benefits with MetLife.
Continue Reading Metlife’s Wrongful Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits To A Wells Fargo Employee Is Reversed

Donna Scharff was an employee of the Raytheon Company, as well as a participant in both their short-term and long-term disability benefit plans. The plans, privately funded by the Raytheon Company, were administered by MetLife. When Scharff applied for short-term disability benefits and was denied, internal appeals took place before Raytheon gave Scharff their final decision including a statement to refer to the summary plan description for more information on how to file a lawsuit.
Continue Reading Claimant’s Statute of Limitation Non-Compliance Allows MetLife’s Denial Of Disability Benefits To Go Unchallenged

Our client, who suffers from Parkinson’s, was a highly skilled engineer and operations manager for an international corporation before his illness rendered him unable to perform the duties of his occupation. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s years before filing for long term disability benefits under his company’s disability plan, he did everything in his power to work at a job he enjoyed and excelled at.
Continue Reading Attorneys Dell & Schaefer Win Long Term Disability Insurance Appeal Against MetLife On Behalf Of Engineer Suffering From Parkinson’s

Our client, a Senior Sales Manager for a large medical supply company, was suffering from severe spinal stenosis and an injury to her ulnar nerve following an epidural steroid injection. As a result of these disabling conditions, our client suffered from a multitude of physical problems, which included: loss of range of motion in the…

Attorneys Dell & Schaefer has filed a long-term disability breach of contract lawsuit in federal court against Conneticut General Life Insurance Company (“Connecticut General”) seeking lifetime disability benefits. Our client, a former floor trader on the American Stock Exchange, was disabled due to bipolar disorder, a sickness, from March 1995 until April 2006.
Continue Reading Former Financial Trader Files Lawsuit Against Connecticut General Life Insurance (Metlife) Seeking Lifetime Long-Term Disability Benefits

On June 19, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States finally issued their opinion in the case of Wanda Glen v. Met Life. In a 6 to 3 decision announced Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled that benefit denials by such companies must be examined with caution when circumstances suggest a high likelihood that financial considerations affected a benefits decision.
Continue Reading US Supreme Court Attempts To Clarify The Standard Of Review In Denial Of Long-term Disability Benefits

Kelly Iley, a pharmacist for Kroger Co, was insured under the company’s group long-term disability policy with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife). In June 2001, Ms. Iley was diagnosed with lumbar disc disease.
Continue Reading MetLife Denial Reversed on Appeal: A Diagnosis of Radiculopathy is Exempt from 24 Month Limitation Period for Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders

Mr. Mark J. Schwartz, an accountant, was insured under his employer’s group disability plan, sponsored by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (MetLife), which limits disability benefits for mental illness to 24 months, but to age 65 for a physical disability.
Continue Reading MetLife Ordered to Pay Disability Benefits Beyond 24 Months For a Claimant with Both Mental and Physical Disabilities

Robert Clarke, a market sales manager for Allstate Insurance Company, stopped working in 1992 due to lumbar spinal stenosis, claiming he was unable to sit, stand, or walk for more than 10 minutes. Mr. Clarke was insured under his company’s group disability plan administered by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and was paid total disability benefits as of 1992.
Continue Reading MetLife’s Attempts to Stop Paying Total Disability Benefits After Paying Claimant for 10 Years is Denied