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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Reliance Standard terminates long-term disability benefits after receiving the results of an IME and FCE

A recent federal court opinion upheld Reliance Standard's decision to terminate a claimant's long-term disability benefits. The Court stated that the existence...
MetLife Disability Denial Reversed By Court For Unreasonable Claim Handling (Ep. 14)

MetLife disability denial reversed by court for unreasonable claim handling

In this episode disability insurance attorney Stephen Jessup discusses a recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals case in which MetLife's ERISA disability denial...

Broadspire Services terminate long-term disability benefits after paying for 8 years

A Federal Appellate Court recently upheld the decision by Eaton Corporation and Broadspire Services to discontinue the long-term disability benefits to Janice...

Companion Life wrongfully relies on 22 minutes of video surveillance to deny disability insurance benefits

This long term disability insurance case against Companion Life is another classic example of a disability insurance company's wrongful use of video...
Unum / Provident / Paul Revere Long & Short Term Disability Claims (Ep. 13)

Unum / Provident / Paul Revere Long & Short Term Disability Claims

In this episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell, Stephen Jessup and Cesar Gavidia of Dell Disability Lawyers discuss Unum and their handling of...

MetLife denies benefits to stockbroker disabled by depression, yet Pennsylvania Federal Judge awards disability benefits

When the Court sends a claim back to the long-term disability insurance company for another review, it is no guarantee that the insurance company will grant...

Pennsylvania Federal Judge orders Prudential to pay disability benefits to woman diagnosed with RSD

Since 2001, Prudential Insurance Company of America has approved and denied the long term disability benefits of Donna Elms on numerous occasions. Despite the...
Liberty Mutual Long Term & Short Term Disability Insurance Claims (Ep. 12, part 1)

Liberty Mutual Long Term Disability Insurance Claims

In this two part episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell Stephen Jessup and Rachel Alters of Dell Disability Lawyers discuss Liberty Mutual...

American United Life Insurance disability denial reversed for woman with fibromyalgia, depression and migraines

This disability insurance denial by American United Life Insurance Company (American) and Disability Reinsurance Management Services is a classic example of a...

Aetna refuses video recording of IME and threatens to deny disability benefits unless claimant agrees to sign IME doctor's authorization form

In my opinion Aetna's handling of our client's long term disability claim is egregious and unreasonable. We share this story with you in order to continuously...

Prudential ordered by Michigan Court to reconsider long term disability insurance denial

A Michigan Federal Judge recently ruled that Prudential Insurance Company Of America's denial of long term disability benefits was arbitrary and capricious...

Sun Life disability insurance benefit denial is reversed after 8 years

Eight years of battling Sun Life for long-term benefits and the claimant finally prevails. Sun Life should be ashamed for their lack of respect for this...
Sun Life Financial Disability Insurance Claims (Ep. 10, part 1/2)

Sun Life Financial Disability Insurance Claims

Sun Life was founded in 1865 and they are the one of the top five largest disability insurance companies in the world. They are based in Toronto, Canada, but...

Disability lawsuit filed against The Standard Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits to man suffering with hepatitis C

Our Client, Mr. B worked as a Traffic Central Worker II, often for long hours installing traffic sign throughout Broward County. Despite his strong ambition to...

Prudential wrongfully denies disability insurance benefits to man with fibromyalgia

As an employee of Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential), Duane Morgan might have expected more of his employer when he had to take advantage of...

Prudential Disability Claim Denial is Reversed For Relying on Paper Medical Review to Deny Benefits

This case is another example of Prudential Insurance Company's unreasonable reliance on paper file medical reviews in order to deny long term disability...

Hartford Denies Disability Benefits and Then Has Claimants Lawsuit Dismissed for Failure to Submit Appeal

Hartford claims that the disability claimant did not properly submit an ERISA Appeal and therefore her lawsuit should be dismissed. A recent decision by United...

Metlife Wrongfully Denies Disability Benefits to Walgreens Manager with Knee Injury

MetLife claims that this disability claimant became disabled the date after her employment ended and therefore she is not entitled to any disability benefits...

Louisiana Disability Attorney Attempts to Reverse a Hartford ERISA Denial for CVS Manager

Our disability lawyers have reviewed hundreds of Hartford disability claims in which benefits were denied due to the definition of disability changing from...

Disability Claimant's Inability to Pass Employer's Mandatory Drug Test Policy Due to Pain Medications Results in Award of Disability Benefits

Our long term disability lawyers only handle disability insurance claims against insurance companies; however I thought the findings by the 9th Circuit Court...