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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CIGNA entitled to recover social security disability benefit overpayment
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently reversed a district court's decision denying CIGNA recoupment of overpaid benefits.Connecticut General Life Insurance Company ("CIGNA") denied Robert Funk long-term disability benefits after Funk had received 26 weeks of short term benefits and one year of LTD benefits pursuant to the Plan. Funk was an employee of Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. an...
Cigna denies Herff Jones Inc. employee disability benefits after she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Karen Kolesky has filed a lawsuit against Herff Jones Inc., Cigna Insurance, and Life Insurance Company of North America in the United States District Court of Utah, Northern Division in an effort to receive her long term disability benefits as promised in her employee insurance policy. In possession of an employee insurance policy from her employer Herff Jones, Inc., Kolesky applied for long term disability b...
Bridgestone employee sues Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for long term disability benefits
Sandra Cotton-Lyons filed a lawsuit against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Mutual), Administrator of the Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. As an employee of Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (Bridgestone Firestone), Cotton-Lyons, a resident of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is a qualified, vested member...
Oregon Judge orders Standard Insurance Company to pay disability insurance benefits beyond the 24 month mental disorder limitation
In James F. Kitterman Vs Standard Insurance Company and Standard Select Trust Insurance Plans, the plaintiff, through his disability attorney, brought an ERISA action against the Standard Insurance Company (Standard) seeking to recover long term disability insurance benefits wrongfully denied under the terms of a group insurance plan (the Plan) issued by The Standard Insurance Company.This case is a victor...
California Judge grants disability claimant's request to investigate Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company's relationship with hired doctors
Are The Medical Opinions From Doctors Hired By Hartford Insurance Company "Bought And Paid For"?In Mary Carten vs. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees Of FMR Corporation, the plaintiff brought the civil lawsuit in a California Federal Court under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to challenge a denial of disability benefits made by...
Life Insurance Company Of North America denies disability benefits and battles claimant for 4.5 years in Federal Court
LINA should be embarrassed and show some respect for a former payroll clerk that had no ability to work due to numerous medical conditions. After litigating for more 4.5 years since her wrongful denial of disability benefits, Ms. Dupree finally received a ruling in her favor from the United States Court of Appeal. LINA fought this disability claim until there were no more courts left for them to appeal to....
Standard Insurance Company's attempt to dismiss disability insurance lawsuit is denied in-part by Florida Federal Judge
Disability claimant challenges Standard Insurance Company's attempt to limit disability benefits to 24 months under the "Other Limited Conditions" provision.Very often, disability insurance companies are being sued due to wrongful denial of claims or wrongful termination of disability benefits. There are occasions where a court will dismiss a disability claimant's lawsuit if it is premature or not ripe. In...
California Court orders CIGNA to disclose amount paid to MES Solutions for medical reviews
CIGNA Insurance Company can run but they can't hide. Recently, the US District Court for the Central District of California granted Plaintiff Bradley Wojno's Motion to Compel Defendant CIGNA Insurance to reveal the extent of it financial relationship with MES Solutions. Mr. Wojno's disability attorney sought information from CIGNA that could unveil potential conflicts and biases of CIGNA's hired gun doctors re...
Federal Judge orders Sedgwick Claims Management to pay disability benefits to PNC Financial Services Group, Inc's Collection/Recovery Team Manager
Disability claimants need to be extremely cautious when dealing with Sedgwick Claims Management Service Inc. (Sedgwick). From our law firms' experience of handling thousands of disability insurance claims, Sedgwick is one of the top three most difficult companies to deal with. Unfortunately, Sedgwick will capitalize on any opportunity to deny a claimant their disability benefits. This case discusses the unreas...
Appellate Court denies Liberty Mutual's attempt to recover $163,661.57 in disability benefits paid to disability claimant and business owner
After 5 years of receiving long term disability benefits, Robin Dolan suddenly receives a letter in 2006 from Disability Reinsurance Management Services stating that her disability benefits had been wrongfully calculated and she must repay $163,661.57. Approximately 5 years after receiving this dreadful letter and extensive litigation, Ms. Dolan has finally received an Appellate Court ruling stating that Liber...
Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company denies disability benefits and prevails in lawsuit filed by operator for Mohawk Inc.
When making a case for a claim of disability benefits, it is essential that a claimant has strong medical support from treating physicians. The disability insurance companies are not under any duty to help a claimant further his or her claim for disability benefits. It is the burden of the claimant to ensure that he or she had provided sufficient proof of his or her disability status.This case of Almetta T...
California disability attorney sues Standard Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits payments to paraplegic
In the case of D. Nielsen Pollock Vs Standard Insurance Company, filed at the District Court for the Southern District Of California, the plaintiff complained that the Standard Insurance Company (Standard Insurance) have breached the Employee Retirement Income And Security Act Of 1974 (ERISA) and suing for the recovery of disability benefits under the terms of an employee benefit plan for which Standard Life i...
Tenet Healthcare Corporation employee sues UNUM under ERISA for wrongfully denying disability benefits by disregarding attending physician's medical opinion
A disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum). In Joan Allred vs. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, the plaintiff Joan Allred sued Unum for the recovery of long term disability benefits due under her disability insurance plan sponsored by Tenet Healthcare Corporation.The Nature of the...
Disabled IKA Works, Inc. employee sues the Prudential Insurance Company of America to compel payment of disability benefits under an ERISA plan
A disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of a client against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential). In Cynthia Grimsley Vs the Prudential Insurance Company Of America, the plaintiff filed the complaint to seek the recovery of disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) from a P...
Appellate Court upholds Prudential's decision denying disability benefits to insured when he refused to attend an IME Exam
Recently, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that veteran career consultant, Anthony Polich, was not entitled to Long Term Disability (LTD) benefits after he refused to attend an Independent Medical Exam (IME) and to release relevant medical data requested by the LTD Plan administrator, Prudential Financial.Polich appealed District Court's conclusion that Prudential's requests for an IME and additional...
Arkansas disability attorney filed lawsuit against SunLife on behalf of disabled Buford Media Group, LLC's Office Manager for denial of disability benefits
In Kathryn McDaniel-Bowen vs Sun Life and Health Insurance Company F/K/A Genworth Life and Health Insurance Company, filed at the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the plaintiff Kathryn McDaniel-Bowen alleged that the Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (Sun Life) had breached its contractual obligations by denying long term disability benefits payments to her.The Alleged Facts of the ...
Disabled project manager filed lawsuit against Unum for refusal to pay disability benefits
A disability attorney recently instituted a lawsuit against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) at the District Court for the District of New Jersey of behalf of a disabled client. In Robert Garozzo v UNUM Life Insurance Company of America and RTP Technology Corporation long term disability plan, the plaintiff Robert Garozzo is seeking payment of disability income benefits from UNUM under the ter...
Unum sued for claiming social security child benefits as part of the reimbursement for overpayment of long term disability benefits
Nowadays, it is standard practice for disability insurance companies to require claimants with long term disability (LTD) benefits to apply for Social Security disability benefits as well. Upon being approved for social disability benefits, the disability insurance companies will then deduct the amount of the monthly social security payment from the monthly benefit amount that was previously paid by the disabi...
New Jersey disability attorney filed lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company of America to compel payment of long term disability benefits to disabled client
A lawsuit was filed recently at the District Court for the District Of New Jersey against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) by a former employee of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey for unlawfully discontinuing benefit payments to the disabled plaintiff. In Denise Hodges V Prudential Insurance Company of America & Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon), the...
Disabled engineer from Philips Electronics North America sues Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. for denial of long term benefits claim
In the case of Andrew Gary Sigai V Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. and Philips Electronics North America Corporation, as Administrator of the Philips Electronics North America Long Term Disability Program, the plaintiff Gary Sigai, through a disability attorney, filed a lawsuit against Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc (Sedgwick CMS) at the District Court for the District of Kansas.The All...
