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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Disabled South Carolina doctor sues Berkshire Life for disability benefits

A disability attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit in South Carolina against the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America. The plaintiff, a physician...

Steel fabricator suffering from disability wins lawsuit against Lincoln National

A Federal Court recently ruled in favor of a man denied long-term disability benefits by Lincoln. The court agreed with his disability attorney in this ERISA...

Two Comcast employees and a registered nurse file three ERISA lawsuits against Liberty Life Insurance in Pennsylvania for denial of disability benefits

Liberty Life Assurance had three ERISA lawsuits filed against it in the United States District Courts of Pennsylvania in July 2011 by disability attorneys. All...

Wisconsin disability attorney and client sue Prudential Life Insurance for its "baseless" denial of ERISA disability benefits

Claiming that Prudential violated ERISA by improperly refusing to pay entitled disability benefits under her long term disability and life insurance policy...

Disability attorney sues Aetna for failure to pay short term disability benefits to Huhtamaki Americas employee

A disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the District of Maine against the Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna). Learn more here.

Shaw Industries Group employee suffering with fibromyalgia and lupus sues Unum Life Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits

In Chrilon Daniels Vs Unum Life Insurance Company of America the plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit under the Employment Retirement Income and Security Act...

12 years of disability payments paid, but New York Life suddenly determines claimant can perform sedentary job

Learn the case of a woman who received a New York Life Denial Letter after 12 years of payment.

New York Life pays disability benefits for 10 years, offers a lump sum buyout and then denies disability claim

After 10 years of receiving disability benefits and a lump sum buyout offer by New York Life, this claimant's disability benefits were denied. This case is a...

Medical Secretary suffering from "failed back syndrome" and leukemia sues The Standard Insurance Company for disability benefit denial

Despite numerous disabling medical conditions, The Standard Insurance Company Denied disability benefits. The plaintiff was a medical secretary working at a...

Medical Doctor sues Guardian / Berkshire for $1.2 million dollars following denial of disability insurance benefits

Recently, in the case of Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology S.C and Jawdat Abboud Vs. Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of...

Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit ruled Unum is prevented from using Self-Reported Symptoms Limitation Clause to discontinue long term disability benefits payments for woman with fibromyalgia

In the case of Susie Weitzenkamp, Vs. Unum Life Insurance Company Of America, the Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit recently ruled that the Unum Life Insurance...

Prudential denies disability benefits despite FCE Exam stating former Data Distributor Inc. employee with heart condition cannot perform sedentary occupation

A disability attorney recently filed a long term disability lawsuit due to Prudential Insurance Company's wrongful denial of disability benefits to a former...

Group Health Plan Inc's Actuary sues Reliastar and ING Disability Claims Management Services for recovery of disability benefits under The Ramsey Health Care Services Short Term Disability Plan

A disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a client against the Reliastar Life Insurance Company and ING Disability Claims Management Services...

CIGNA denies disability insurance benefits to Engineering Manager with Stage 4 cancer

The plaintiff Bradley Erickson was employed as an engineering manager for BorgWarner. By virtue of his employment, he was entitled to coverage under an...

Registered nurse & her California disability lawyer sue Unum for failure to pay disability benefits

A disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Central District of California against the Unum Life Insurance Company of America...

Massachusetts Disability Attorney filed a lawsuit against Aetna on behalf of Biogen Idec, Inc.'s IT Technical Ops Lead for denial of long-term disability benefits

In the disability lawsuit of Joseph Mcdonough vs. Aetna Life Insurance Company, HM Life Insurance Company, Biogen Idec, Inc. & Biogen Idec., Inc., Group Long...

Law office bookkeeper with lupus and fibromyalgia denied disability benefits by Unum in Indiana

Recently one disabled employee of Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary PC filed a lawsuit against the Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum) and...

Jean Pentecost and her Montana disability lawyer file a complaint against CIGNA

On June 6, 2011, Jean Pentecost sued CIGNA for her disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in the United States...

What is Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston trying to hide in denial of disability benefits?

This disability insurance case against Liberty Life Assurance is an example of the type of fight that a disability insurance company will engage in once a...

A phlebotomist employed by Quest Diagnostics and diagnosed with RSD sues Aetna for denial of long term disability insurance benefits

In a case filed in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the claimant and her disability attorney accuse AETNA of abruptly...