Long Term Disability Law BlogAn Alabama disability attorney recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Provident Life And Accident Insurance Company. The Plaintiff worked as a self-employed board-certified physician of internal medicine for over 30 years in Birmingham, Alabama. Plaintiff had previously purchased two long-term disability insurance policies from Provident. The Plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit to recover over […]
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Assistant Nurse For University Of North Carolina Hospitals Denied Disability Benefits By Liberty Life Despite Two Back Surgeries
The plaintiff Vanessa Jackson was employed as an assistant nurse for the University of North Carolina Hospitals. In the lawsuit against Liberty Mutual filed by a North Carolina Disability Lawyer, it was stated that the plaintiff’s primary duties as assistant nurse included providing bed baths to patients, transferring patients, assisting patients with feeding, toileting, and […]
Baxter Healthcare Corporation Does Not Prevail in Disability Lawsuit Against Hartford Life Group Insurance Company
Jannette Neal filed a lawsuit against Hartford Life Group Insurance Company in the United States District Court of the Western District of Arkansas, challenging the insurer’s decision to deny her long-term disability benefits. As a result of a lack of medical support from her treating physicians, Ms. Neal’s denial of disability benefits by Hartford was […]
Disabled Administrative Assistant for CBL & Associates Management Filed Lawsuit against the Unum Group Corporation for Refusal to Pay Disability Benefits
It can be very frustrating when you have a disability policy through your employer–or even on your own–and still have to engage in legal action in order to receive the payments that are rightfully yours. This is especially frustrating for those who find themselves unemployed because of the disability and relied on receiving the disability […]
CIGNA Insurance Company sued in in three different states in one week for denial of disability benefits
Disability Insurance Companies are no strangers to lawsuits. Hence, it is not uncommon to find Disability Insurance Companies sometimes facing multiple lawsuits in a single week. In fact, during the fourth week of May 2011, the CIGNA Group Insurance (CIGNA) had three lawsuits filed against it by individuals who were dissatisfied with the way CIGNA […]
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston sued under ERISA for wrongful denial of disability benefits in three different cases
Recently, three different lawsuits were filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against the Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Mutual) at the United States District Courts. Two cases were filed by the plaintiffs through a South Carolina disability attorney at the District Court for the District of South Carolina. The third […]
Aetna Life Insurance sued by Texas Disability Lawyer for denying disability benefits after paying for two months
In Ricky Moten v AETNA Life Insurance Company, a case filed recently at the District court for the Southern District of Texas, the plaintiff Ricky Moten through his Texas disability lawyer alleged that the AETNA Life Insurance Company (AETNA Life) being both the funder and administrator of the plaintiff’s disability plan is working under an […]
UNUM Life Insurance Company Sued by former Time Warner Cable Employee for failure to pay Short Term and Long Term disability Benefits
Unum denies disability insurance benefits and refuses to consider findings of total disability by the Social Security administration and a workers compensation doctor. Let’s take a closer look at these recent lawsuit filed by a California disability lawyer.
An Incorrect Calculation of Disability Benefits and Subsequent Termination of Those Same Benefits Doesn’t Sway Tenth Circuit to Reverse Decision in Favor of MetLife
A MetLife insured benefit receiver’s hopes of collecting his underpaid disability payments were squashed when the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied his appeal on March 16, 2011. Michael Palmer, the plaintiff in Palmer v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, filed a lawsuit against Metropolitan Life Insurance for the underpayment and subsequent termination of his disability […]
Prudential Insurance Company Denies Long Term Disability Benefits To Man Despite Two Back Surgeries
Robert Hamill has been denied his long term disability benefits since August 2009. Having exhausted all avenues of collection of his disability benefits, Hamill and his disability attorney filed a lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company on February 14, 2011 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Richmond. Prudential was served […]