Disability Insurance Lawsuit Stories

A Montana disability lawyer recently filed a federal lawsuit against the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (AXA). The Plaintiff, Marise J., M.D., was employed as a licensed medical doctor and was board certified in internal medicine. She had been practicing medicine for over 30 years.In Marise J., M.D. v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, Disability Management Services, Inc., and Does A-E, Inclusive...

Applying for disability insurance benefits is a complex process that requires a claimant to be familiar with all of the requirements in a disability policy. We often see that disability claims are denied benefits because a claimant does not select the correct date of disability.A date of disability is not always the last date you worked or the first time that you saw a doctor. Many claimants suffer for...

This case is another reminder of the importance to comply with ERISA disability Appeal time deadlines. Plaintiff was a commissioned securities broker for Wachovia Corporation, and a participant in Wachovia's Long Term Disability Plan ("the Plan"). Liberty Mutual was the administrator of the plan. He was awarded Long term disability benefits in 2005, though he disputed the amount he was being paid monthly.I...

Carmen R. and her Florida disability lawyer take AETNA to task in a suit filed on December 19, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Fort Lauderdale Division. Claiming AETNA violated ERISA and other employment laws, Carmen and her lawyer accuse the insurer of wrongfully denying Carmen her entitled long term disability benefits after she became unable to perform her job d...

As disability attorneys that have handled hundreds of Hartford disability claim denials nationwide, we are always trying to warn Hartford disability claimants about the claim handling tactics used by Hartford. Hartford handles every disability claim in a similar manner and they can be relentless in their pursuit of a claim denial. Our suggestion is to never allow a Hartford employee to interview you withou...

In a lawsuit against New York Life, Paul M. and his Massachusetts disability lawyer allege that the insurer is guilty of:Unlawful and unreasonable denial of Paul M.'s disability claim even though it was provided with substantial medical evidence demonstrating his disability;Unreasonable interpretation of Paul M.'s New York Life plan provisions that govern his disability benefits claim;A pattern of...

Richard R. and his Illinois disability attorney filed a lawsuit in the United District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division on December 9, 2010 against his employer and AETNA Life Insurance Company for long term disability benefits. A Weston Engineering Inc. employee since July 6, 2009, Richard R., a headache sufferer since he was a teenager, complained to his family doctor of intensifi...

An AT&T employee recently shared her experience about dealing with Sedgwick for a short term disability claim. This story is a routine situation for people that are forced to deal with Sedgwick for the handling of their disability insurance claim.I too work for AT&T. I began my short term disability in Aug 2011. The first 4 months I received my STD pay without issue. Then in Dec. 2011, my claim was...

Filing a lawsuit under ERISA (the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974) against AETNA, Leslie R, and her Arizona disability lawyer accuse the insurer of operating under a conflict of interest in the denial of Leslie R.'s short term disability benefits. As the decision maker and payor of benefits, AETNA has a bias toward denying benefits. And, according to Leslie R.'s disability lawyer in such inc...

In a December 2, 2011 lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Sharon H. and her Pennsylvania disability attorney allege that New York Life unjustly terminated Sharon H.'s disability benefits.Claimant Sharon H., a 53-year-old respiratory specialist, was covered by New York Life for long term disability benefits as a provision of her employment disability in...

A federal lawsuit was recently filed in the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania against the Union Central Life Insurance Company (Union) by a Pennsylvania disability attorney. The Plaintiff, Janet G., worked as a Direct Sales Supervisor for Tempur World, Inc. (Tempur). Due to her employment at Tempur, Janet was provided long-term disability insurance with Union Central.In this case, the Plaintiff filed a d...

Wells Fargo disability claimants in Alabama and Florida file lawsuits against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for unpaid long term disability benefits.Recently, two Wells Fargo employees were forced to file Federal Lawsuist against Liberty Life after being denied disability benefits. Utilizing the services of an Alabama and a Florida Disability Lawyer, the two lawsuits are currently pending. Let's...

Suffering from multiple medical conditions and unable to function in a daily job, a health care professional and her Texas disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against Reliastar Life Insurance Company to force the insurer to pay disability benefits as contracted in an employee welfare benefit plan.Cynthia O., a "RN Bariatric Clinical Coordinator," stopped working on January 29, 2009 due to "fibromyositis, fib...

Dr. Karen M. and her North Carolina disability attorney filed a lawsuit against UNUM in the United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to acquire her long term disability benefits. The beneficiary of disability benefits under a plan provided through her employer Private Diagnostic Clinic PLLC at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Karen ceased working as a general practitioner on F...

Northwestern Insurance beneficiary Todd W. and his California disability attorney's complaint against the insurer accuses Northwestern of breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing and Breach of Contract in response to its denial of Todd W.'s disability benefits.Citing an advertisement of Northwestern Insurance Mutual Life Insurance Company as the reason why Todd W. first purchased a Northwestern be...

With at least five suits filed against them in July for denying disability benefits, Prudential Insurance Company of America has a lot of unhappy claimants in Florida.Darlene H. v. Prudential Insurance CompanyOn July 25, 2011, Darlene H. and her Florida disability attorney filed suit against Prudential when the insurer failed to pay her disability benefits as expected. In the complaint, filed in the Un...

Fifty-nine-year old, former Northrop Grumman Corporation employee Rita L. and her Utah disability lawyer filed suit against UNUM Life Insurance Company and her employer in Federal Court in Utah. Claiming that the UNUM Plan Administrator erroneously denied Rita her disability benefits, the complaint asks the District Court to right this wrong.An employee of Northrop Grumman Corporation for 24 years as an el...

Plaintiff and her disability attorney filed a lawsuit against New York Life in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in an effort to procure her entitled disability benefits.A former employee of Medica Heal Plans (Medica) since May 26, 2006, Plaintiff became disabled in June of 2008 when she "developed increasing difficulty functioning" in the performance of her job due to "various...

A California disability attorney and his client filed suit against The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) in the United States District Court Central District of California on October 28, 2011 for unpaid long term disability payments due per the terms of an employee disability insurance plan.Lorraine A., a former Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. question writer for the television game pro...

William M. never suspected that should he need to make use of his disability insurance policy (which he had faithfully paid premiums on for years) that the promised disability benefits would be denied him when he needed them most.A sales representative for Long Forms, Inc., President and part owner of Advanced Transportation Systems, Inc. and The Institute of Logistical Management as well as an hourly empl...