Disability Insurance Lawsuit Stories

Every day disability claimants around the country contact our disability attorneys about a CIGNA disability claim. Many individuals tell us similar stories about the manner in which their CIGNA disability claim has been handled.We wanted to share with you a recent comment that was posted on our website about a CIGNA denial:From: Laura S.It saddens me to hear all the stories of individuals who worked an...

In Joanne C. Vs Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, the Plaintiff seeks the reinstatement of her long term disability benefit payments as defined by the terms of the Plan.The Plaintiff, with the help of her Michigan Disability Attorney, has filed this lawsuit against Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance) due to the fact that Reliance failed to provide continuous long term disability ben...

A BellSouth Customer Service Assistant, with the help of his North Carolina Disability Attorney, was forced to file a lawsuit against Sedgwick after being denied continued disability benefits.History of the ClaimMr. D. was employed as a customer service assistant for BellSouth Telecommunications ("BellSouth") and was a participant in the Short Term Disability ("STD") Plan, which was administered by Sed...

The unreasonable Sedgwick Claims Management disability denial of AT&T employees appears to be a daily occurrence. Recently, it seems as if Sedgwick does not feel the need to comply with ERISA regulations.The latest claims handling technique appears that Sedgwick will decide to deny a claim and then notify an AT&T employee via phone. Sedgwick will then set the claimant for a compulsory medical exam ...

After being twice denied continued disability benefits, an Addiction Medicine Physician, with the help of his California Disability Attorney, was forced to file a lawsuit against Hartford.Dr. K has been employed by Loma Linda University School of Medicine ("Loma Linda") as an Addiction Medicine Physician. In June 2007, Dr. K was forced to leave work due to acute myocardial infarction and severe coronary ar...

This case sheds light on some of the questionable practices that some disability companies engage in when reviewing a disability claim.Often, disability policies limit what a claimant can introduce to a judge to support his/her claim after being denied disability benefits under a policy governed by ERISA. Sometimes however, courts are allowed to consider more evidence in certain circumstances including whe...

An attorney from California recently filed a federal lawsuit against The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential). The Plaintiff, Brian W., was employed as a Field Technician by DRS Technologies, Inc. (DRS). This employment entitled the Plaintiff to short-term and long-term disability benefits under DRS' Disability Plan.In Brian W. v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Plaintiff filed...

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that MetLife's decision to deny benefits to a Plaintiff was unreasonable and ordered MetLife to reconsider Plaintiff's Long Term Disability claim.Plaintiff was 39 years old when MetLife approved his short-term disability claim due to herniated discs in his cervical and lumbar spine, scoliosis, canal stenosis, carpal tunnel...

A New York attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit against The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential). The Plaintiff, Gaye D., was employed by KeyCorp as a District Manager/Area Retail Leader. Her employment enabled Plaintiff to be covered by KeyCorp's long-term disability Plan, which was funded by Prudential.In Gaye D. v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Plaintiff seeks the pay...

A Pennsylvania court recently awarded $27,000 in attorneys' fees to Ms. G. after she and her disability attorney won a judgment against Life Insurance Company of North America ("LINA") also known as CIGNA for short-term disability ("STD") benefits. This case is a good discussion of the analysis a court will go through in order to award attorney fees to a prevailing disability insurance claimant.Ms. G. work...

A disability attorney in the state of Indiana recently filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana against Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA) and Toyota Motor Long-Term Disability Plan (Toyota). The Plaintiff, Julie S., was employed by Toyota as a Quality Assurance Monitor, which made her eligible for Toyota's long-term disability plan, which was funded by LINA.In Julie S. v. Life Insurance Company of N...

A Washington lawyer just filed a federal lawsuit against The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential). The Plaintiff, Jewel T., worked as an Escalation Specialist for Microsoft. This employment entitled to the Plaintiff to short-term and long-term disability benefits via Microsoft's Group Disability Insurance Plan that was funded by Prudential.In Jewel T. v. The Prudential Insurance Company of ...

An Illinois district court refused to let Hartford, a disability insurance company, evade an Illinois law, which was enacted to protect consumers. The law was passed to basically "level the playing field" for insurance companies and the consumers that rarely have a fighting chance against these corporate giants.Disability insurance policies often contain a contractual term called a discretionary clause tha...

A lawyer from Colorado just filed a federal lawsuit in Federal Court of Colorado against the Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA). The Plaintiff, Carl E., was employed by Asurion. This made the Plaintiff eligible and covered by a group disability insurance plan provided by Asurion and administered and funded by LINA.In Carl E. v. Life Insurance Company of North America, Plaintiff filed this disab...

After failing to pay a LINA disability policyholder his entitled disability benefits the insurance company was forced by a New York court to follow through with its contractual obligations. Curt, a former employee of BorgWarner Morse TEC Inc. received long-term disability benefits under the group insurance policy issued by LINA. LINA later concluded the BorgWarner employee no longer met the definition of disab...

An attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit in the Ohio district court against The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) and Clopay Corporation Long-Term Disability Coverage (Clopay). The Plaintiff, Kimberly G., was employed as a Customer Service Representative at Clopay Corporation, providing her with short-term with Principal Financial and long-term disability benefits with Prudential.In ...

An attorney has filed a Federal disability lawsuit in Ohio Federal Court against Lincoln Financial Group (Lincoln). The Plaintiff, George P., was employed by Kirk & Blum, a subsidiary of Ceco Environmental, as a metal fabricator. This employment enabled the Plaintiff to be covered by a group insurance policy provided on behalf of Ceco Environmental employees and insured by Lincoln.In George P. v. Linco...

A Utah Federal Judge reversed a Hartford long term disability insurance benefit denial on the basis that it was "unreasonable and, thus, arbitrary and capricious". The judge's opinion in this case is a great victory for disability insurance claimants disabled by Fibromyalgia or by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Additionally, the Judge that decided this case should be commended for seeing through Hartford's bullshit...

The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) had four different lawsuits filed against it by four Plaintiffs in the District Courts of South Carolina (2 cases), New York, and West Virginia. In all four cases filed via the respective Plaintiffs' disability lawyers, Prudential is accused of wrongfully denying or terminating the Plaintiffs' claims for long-term disability benefits as promised under th...

A former Marriott Employee was unsuccessful in his lawsuit seeking a reversal of Aetna Life Insurance Company's disability insurance denial. As a former director of engineering, earning more than $200,000 a year, this former Marriott employee stopped working due to disabling lumbar herniations and back pain. After being denied and then approved for short term disability benefits during a five month period this...