Pennsylvania Court holds that Reliance Standard’s failure to conduct an in-person independent medical examination of a plaintiff suffering from depression/anxiety was an abuse of discretion. More often than not, insurance companies get away with conducting paper reviews on claimants with disability claims who suffer numerous physical and mentally disabling conditions.…
On August 25, 2011, Spencer Quarries’ employee Charles Y. and his Kentucky disability attorney filed a lawsuit against UNUM Life Insurance Company in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Paducah after Charles was denied disability benefits. In 2006, Charles Y. started experiencing medical problems…
A federal lawsuit was recently filed by a California disability lawyer in the U.S. District Court against the Unum Group (Unum) and the Northrop Grumman Group Employee Benefit Plans (Northrop Grumman). The Plaintiff, Hung N., worked as an engineer for Northrop Grumman, was denied long term disability benefits from Unum…
On August 17, 2001, John H. and his Texas disability attorney filed a lawsuit against UNUM Life Insurance Company of America in Federal Court in an effort to secure John H.’s disability benefits, both short term and long term, under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). While…
Unum Life Insurance Company was recently sued in four separate lawsuits in four different states after denying disabled employees long term disability benefits. Lets take a closer look at each case: Case 1: Colorado In the case of Deana D. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, Deana D. and…
This whole separation of mental health and physical health benefits was changed in the Mental Health Parity Law. It did not reach as far as disability benefits, but I do not believe that it is right. There are so many scholarly articles discussing this discrimination and encouraging Congress to amend…
A California disability attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Cardiologist who has been unable to fully perform the duties of his occupation since a bicycle accident left him with serious injuries. The Plaintiff filed this disability lawsuit to recover long-term disability benefits that were wrongfully denied…