Disability Insurance Lawsuit Stories

Robert B. and his New Jersey disability lawyer go to battle against The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company to retrieve Robert B.'s entitled disability benefits as promised in his employee disability benefits plan.Robert B. worked for BankUnited as a wholesale account executive. His job included the solicitation of potential clients and the selling of financial products and services for investment purp...

An Office Depot employee and her Georgia disability attorney filed suit against her employer and Aetna Life Insurance for unpaid disability benefits on November 3, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division.Marian A's Office Depot employee benefits included disability income in the event of a disabling condition precluding her from working. That event pre...

A California disability lawyer filed a federal lawsuit in Federal Court against The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company (Paul Revere). The Plaintiff, Eric W., DDS, was employed as a dental surgeon and took out an individual long-term disability coverage policy by Paul Revere. The Plaintiff had paid all premiums on time, making him eligible for all benefits covered by the terms of the policy.In Eric W., DDS ...

Recently, three separate ERISA actions were filed against Aetna in Federal Court for wrongfully denying disability benefits to those covered under Aetna Long Term Disability Policies. Lets take a closer look at each of these cases.Case 1: Bank of America EmployeeVanessa B. and her Texas disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against Aetna Life Insurance Company in the United States District Court for the No...

A Washington disability attorney filed a federal lawsuit in the District Court serving the Western District Court of Washington at Seattle against Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (Northwestern). The Plaintiff, Scott D., worked as a shareholder attorney at a law firm in the state of Washington. Plaintiff was covered under a long-term disability policy purchased from Northwestern, who was contracted b...

Three recent ERISA complaints were filed against CIGNA in Kentucky, New York and Texas for denying short-term and long-term disability benefits. In each of the cases, with the assistance of a disability attorney, the claimants are suing for claims that were allegedly wrongfully denied. Lets take a look at each case:Case 1: Fifth Third Bank EmployeeIn Michelle C. v. Life Insurance Company of North Ameri...

Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty) was sued by three Plaintiffs in District Courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and California for failure to provide disability benefits as promised by ERISA. In all three cases that were filed via the Plaintiffs' respective attorneys, Liberty is accused of wrongfully denying the claims of all three Plaintiffs for long-term disability benefits as promised under their ...

A Pennsylvania disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit in District Court of Pennsylvania against Cigna. The Plaintiff, Jamy V., was employed as a registered nurse for Temple University Health Systems (TUHS) through April 1, 2006. Due to her employment with TUHS, Plaintiff was covered by TUHS's Group Long-Term Disability Plan. This plan was administered by Cigna.In Jamy V. Vs. Life Insurance Company Of...

Two Plaintiffs filed cases against Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna) in the Maine and California District Courts due to the failure to provide disability benefits provided by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974. In the previously mentioned cases filed through the plaintiffs' disability lawyers, it is alleged that Aetna has wrongfully denied the Plaintiffs' claims for disability benef...

A 53-year-old disabled attorney and her New York disability attorney filed a Federal lawsuit against the insurer UNUM on July 15, 2011 for collection of her disability benefits. A Toxic Tort Trial and Litigation Attorney and partner at a well-known firm, the claimant was forced to stop working due to her deteriorating medical condition in April 2009.Diagnosed with Choruidal Osteoma, a benign boney tumor of...

Five ERISA disability lawsuits have been recently filed against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America for the wrongful denial of disability benefits. In each of the cases, a disability attorney from Tennessee, Ohio, Missouri and Michigan have filed suit for the payment of disability benefits that have been wrongfully denied and owed to their clients. Let's take a closer look at each of the lawsuits.I...

Four individuals, include two Comcast employees, with the help of their disability attorneys have filed Federal Lawsuits against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for failing to pay long term disability benefits. Let's take a closer look at each case.Case 1Lisa C. and her disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston in the United States District Court of the...

A lawsuit was filed August 1, 2011 in the Federal Court of New Jersey against CIGNA by a hardware analyst and her New Jersey disability attorney in an effort to procure the employee's disability benefits. After suffering from melanoma of the uterus and courageous attempts to continue working, the claimant was unable to and filed for long term disability benefits. When CIGNA denied those benefits, the claimant ...

A Radio Station employee and her Montana disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against UNUM Group in Montana Federal Court alleging that the insurer violated the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) when it wrongfully denied her entitled disability benefits per a policy she had with her employer, KMSO Radio.As a shareholder in Sheila Callahan and Friends, Inc. d/b/a KMSO Radio, Sheila M. ...

A Massachusetts Federal District Court recently entered a very favorable opinion for disability insurance claimants. This case against Liberty Mutual is very fact specific so it does not abolish the 180 day ERISA regulation requirement to submit an appeal in 180 days. This case is an example of how important it is to make sure your disability insurance company is complying with the terms of a disability policy...

A complaint recently filed in Pennsylvania Federal Court by a disability attorney against New York Life petitions the Court to provide denied long term disability benefits.The Claimant also requests:Disability benefits from the insurers;A declaration that the insurers wrongfully breached their contract with the physician in failing to provide his short term and long term disability benefits per th...

A Microsoft account representative and her disability lawyer filed suit against Prudential Insurance and Tanaka's employer under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) on August 1, 2011 in an effort to get a Federal Court to order the insurer to pay her entitled disability benefits. The Employee became disabled in March 2006 due to the worsening of her fibromyalgia condition which included...

With at least five suits filed against them in July, Prudential Insurance Company of America has a lot of unhappy claimants in Florida. Disability Attorneys recently filed Five Lawsuits against Prudential for the denial of long term disability benefits. Let's take a closer look at each case.Case 1: Darlene H. v. Prudential Insurance CompanyOn July 25, 2011, Darlene H. and her attorney filed suit agains...

Having failed to uphold its obligation to provide disability benefits to one Provident Life and Accident/UNUM policyholder, the insurer now finds itself in litigation to solve the matter. A General Surgeon and his disability attorney filed a complaint on July 11, 2011 in an effort to pursue the disability benefits he is entitled to under his UNUM insurance plan.Alleging damages for the non-payment of disab...

Two different lawsuits were recently filed in California and Alabama Federal Court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against the Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston. In both cases, it is alleged that Liberty improperly denied both plaintiffs their claims for long-term disability (LTD) benefits.The California Liberty CaseIn Cindy P. Vs Liberty Life, the plaintiff through a d...