Disability Insurance Lawsuit Stories
Disability denial lawsuit decisions from courts nationwide, reviewed by our attorneys. Learn how policyholders fought back against wrongful claim denials and won.
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Federal Court Upholds Unum Disability Benefit Denial
An insurance company will not pay long-term disability benefits without some sort of assurance your condition is as dire as you claim. And the insurer will...
Court Throws Out Disability Benefit Denial Based on Aetna's Internal Physicians' Review
Insurance companies review the medical reasons underlying a disability benefit claim. Often, the reviewer is a doctor, nurse or economist employed on a...
Florida Courts Have A Complicated Six Step Disability Insurance Denial Protocol
When a reviewing court considers an appeal of a disability benefit denial, it is rarely a simple question. The court has the responsibility to examine the...
Johnson&Johnson Employee with Depression Denied Disability Benefits After Definition Change
This Johnson & Johnson disability denial lawsuit and its result shows why an experienced disability attorney is often needed prior to a disability claim...
Liberty Mutual Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees in Disability Denial Lawsuit
Liberty Mutual loses a disability claim and they still keep fighting. In a long term disability denial ERISA lawsuit against Liberty Mutual, and Indiana...
MetLife Disability Denial of MetLife Employee Upheld by California Court
MetLife not only denies disability long term disability benefits to one of their own employees, but the court allows them to supplement the record after...
Sedgwick Disability Denial of AT&T Employee Reversed Once Again
What will it take for Sedgwick to stop wrongfully denying disability benefits to AT&T employees? AT&T appears to want to bury their head in the sand and act...
Texas Court Upholds Prudential Disability Insurance Denial
Prudential paid total disability benefits for two years, but after certain communications from the claimant, his benefits were denied. Does doing dishes...
Texas Disability Insurance Attorney Regularly Fight ERISA Disability Denials
In Texas, a claimant's ability to challenge a denial of disability benefits depends on many factors, not the least of which is whether the disability insurance...
Do I Qualify For Total Disability Insurance Benefits In Texas?
Since 1922, disability claimants in the state of Texas have been arguing with disability insurance companies as to whether they are entitled to "total...
Texas Disability Insurance Companies Can Be Subject to Bad Faith Claim
In Texas, insurance companies must treat those who purchase policies a certain way. Texas law calls it a duty of good faith a fair dealing. Experienced...
Unum Disability Beneft Denial Overturned for Pre-textual Investigation
Insurance companies hire physicians to comb through medical files to look for a reason to deny an ERISA disability benefit claim. In a Texas case, Unum was...
"Any occupation" disability insurance claim discussed by a California Disability Lawyer
Most disability insurance policies will contain both an "own occupation" and "any occupation" definition of disability. The own occupation definition is...
A Successful California Disability Insurance Claim Does Not Require "Absolute Helplessness"
One of the most hotly disputed areas among California disability lawyers focuses on the definition of "total disability" in private long-term disability...
Reliance Standard Disability Insurance Denial Upheld by California Court
Sometimes, a disability claim is doomed from the start because of specific policy language. As California disability insurance lawyers we would like to think...
Fibromyalgia Claimant Wins MetLife Disability Insurance Lawsuit
MetLife determined a disability claimant with Fibromyalgia was not disabled after two years of receiving benefits, but a California Federal Judge disagreed...
California Disability Insurance Attorneys Battle Discretionary Clauses Daily
In California, Federal Judges are often limited in their ability to reverse a denial of disability insurance benefits if a disability insurance policy is...
MetLife Disability Claim Limited to 24 Months of Benefits Results in ERISA Lawsuit
North Dakota Court Affirms MetLife Denial of Disability Benefits On June 5, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted Metropolitan...
Cigna Denies Disability Benefits, But Additional Information Could Have Resulted In A Victory
When filing a disability application or appeal it is of the utmost importance to provide the insurance company all of the relevant medical records and/or...
California Court denies Plaintiff's Attempt to Introduce New Medical Information During ERISA Disability Lawsuit Against Hartford for Long Term Disability Benefits
One of the largest obstacles facing an insured in bringing a lawsuit against a disability insurance company for benefits under an ERISA governed group...
