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Hartford uses video surveillance to deny disability benefits after paying for 10 years
July 21, 2010 — Hartford is notorious for using video surveillance and probably utilizes it more than any other disability insurance company. A recent decision rendered by the U.S. District court in the Western District of New... » Click to continue reading -
MetLife denies LTD disability benefits to multiple sclerosis woman alleging a 3 year Statue of Limitation in Washington
July 20, 2010 — More than 8 years after her initial long term disability claim denial, Ms. Wise will finally have her ERISA disability case heard in a Washington Federal Court. Statutes of limitation remain a challenge when... » Click to continue reading -
MetLife denies chronic fatigue syndrome long term disability claim
July 15, 2010 — Without disability attorney chronic fatigue sufferer would be denied rightful benefits Magee v. MetLife is another disability case that highlights the importance of hiring a disability insurance attorney when you have been denied disability benefits for... » Click to continue reading -
New York court rules that MetLife abused discretion when it denied chronic fatigue claim (Part II)
July 15, 2010 — Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) began paying John Magee long-term disability benefits in December 2004 after he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and disabling depression. Two years later, after conducting what it claimed was... » Click to continue reading -
Disability attorney wins claim for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome client against Unum Provident (Part II)
June 30, 2010 — Court finds Unum-Provident guilty of arbitrary decision when it denies short-term disability claim. U.S. District Courts are holding disability insurance plans accountable for denying benefits to claimants with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome when the claimants... » Click to continue reading -
Unum Provident denies short-term disability claim to woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (Part I)
June 30, 2010 — Disability attorney concludes the medical evidence proves wrongful denial of disability benefits. When Jean Strope’s disability attorney filed suit on her behalf in the Western District of New York September 15, 2006, he believed his client... » Click to continue reading -
Beware of buried language in Prudential long term disability insurance policy
June 29, 2010 — I recently came across some language in a Prudential Long Term Disability Policy which can be troublesome for disability claimants that are completely unable to work in their regular occupation. The Prudential Group Disability Policy... » Click to continue reading -
The Standard Disability Insurance Company paid one doctor $577,000 to review 1,939 files over 2 years
June 21, 2010 — In a recent long-term disability case against The Standard Insurance Company the court granted specific discovery request in order to further explore The Standard’s potential conflict of interest. The Standard objected to all questions that... » Click to continue reading -
Unum Provident terminates disability benefits to woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (Part I)
June 17, 2010 — Unum Provident Reviews Approved Benefits to Assure Continuing Qualification When Nancy Perryman stopped working on February 28, 1997 she was the Western Farm Bureau Insurance Company’s agency manager for metropolitan Phoenix and Northern Arizona. She supervised... » Click to continue reading -
Arizona Court rules Provident wrongfully terminated disability benefits to insurance manager with CFS (Part II)
June 17, 2010 — When Nancy Perryman stopped working, she was the Western Farm Bureau Insurance Company’s agency manager for metropolitan Phoenix and Northern Arizona. It was a complex job, in which she supervised between 18 and 21 insurance... » Click to continue reading -
Harvard University ordered to pay $53,817.50 in attorney fees to disability insurance claimant
June 15, 2010 — Rosemary McGahey’s long-term disability attorney did an excellent job of representing her in U.S. District Court’s Massachusetts district in December of 2009. McGahey’s disability attorney carefully demonstrated that the administrators of the Harvard University Flexible... » Click to continue reading -
Disability battle against Verizon and Broadspire long-term disability plan lingers in courts for years
June 14, 2010 — Lisa Pakovich and her former employer’s long-term disability plan had been in and out of court for almost five years when Judge Michael Reagan listened to arguments between Pakovich’s disability attorneys and Verizon Long-term Disability... » Click to continue reading -
Broadspire ordered to pay disability insurance benefits but not attorney fees
June 14, 2010 — If Judge Michael J. Reagan is beginning to tire of considering the case between Lisa Pakovich and her former employer’s long-term disability plan, he may have good reason to. He has had to listen to... » Click to continue reading -
Aetna denial of long-term disability benefits for chronic fatigue syndrome upheld by Court
June 11, 2010 — Physician’s Failure to Fill Out Functional Limitations Paperwork Costs Man Rightful Benefits A supporting physician is essential for any claimant to receive long-term disability benefits. However, a treating physician must do far more than just diagnosis... » Click to continue reading -
Court orders Citigroup and MetLife to answer discovery request exposing conflict of interest in long-term disability benefit denial
June 10, 2010 — Frequently, a disability attorney finds that additional information is needed before he or she can demonstrate that a conflict of interest has motivated the denial of benefits by an ERISA governed disability insurance company. In... » Click to continue reading -
HM Life and Broadspire wrongfully deny disability insurance benefits to a receptionist and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses claim denial
June 8, 2010 — When Barbara Sterio’s disability attorney presented arguments on February 11, 2010 before the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, he was unsuccessful in convincing the court to review her denial of benefits under the... » Click to continue reading -
ERISA disability claimants can receive attorney fees with “some degree of success”
May 28, 2010 — On May 24, 2010, the United States Supreme Court rendered an opinion in the case of Hardt V. Reliance Standard, which is a major victory for disability insurance claimants that have a long-term disability policy... » Click to continue reading -
Boston Mutual can not recover $163,000 overpayment to long-term disability claimant (Part II)
May 28, 2010 — On September 2, 2009, District Judge William E. Smith of the Rhode Island U.S. District Court filed a Memorandum and Order, delaying his final judgment on the case of D & H Therapy Associates v.... » Click to continue reading -
Was Boston Mutual’s decision to terminate long-term disability insurance correct? (Part I)
May 28, 2010 — The case we are going to look at here highlights the importance of involving a disability insurance attorney in your disability insurance policy purchasing decision. The language in disability insurance policies is complex and can... » Click to continue reading -
FedEx employee disability plan wrongfully denies LTD benefits without proving job exists for man to fill
May 27, 2010 — A case heard recently before the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts highlights the fact that a long-term disability plan administrator can choose to deny a claim even though the person making the... » Click to continue reading
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