Long Term Disability Law BlogIn this video, Gregory Dell and Stephen Jessup discuss a New York Life disability insurance denial they successfully overturned for an elementary school teacher with a PhD who was forced to stop working due to multiple sclerosis. Despite the claim being filed for MS, New York Life’s short-term disability department treated it strictly as a […]
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Washington Court Reverses Aetna Denial of LTD Disability Benefits for Boeing Employee with MS
In Sarah G. Gorena v. Aenta Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff was employed for 10 years as a staff analyst for Boeing when she sought disability benefits solely due to her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS), although she had a number of other health issues. After being awarded several periods of short-term disability, in July 2015, […]
California Federal Judge Finds Aetna Wrongly Denied Claimant’s Long-term Disability Benefits But Properly Denied Their Waiver of Life Insurance Premium
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently ruled that a claimant, diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis and insured under Aetna long-term disability and life insurance policies, qualified for benefits under the long-term disability insurance policy but did not qualify for waiver of premium benefits under the life insurance policy.
California Judge Rules BP Senior Managing Attorney With Multiple Sclerosis Was Wrongfully Denied Disability Benefits By Life Insurance Company Of North America (Cigna)
Multiple Sclerosis is a disabling condition that can unfortunately has symptoms that become chronic and worsen overtime. LINA appears to have not understood how MS in a disabling condition for an attorney that worked for BP. In Margaret Kreeger vs Life Insurance Company of North America; BP Welfare Plan Trust-III’s Insurance Plan, the plaintiff’s California […]
UNUM Life Insurance Company of America Sued in Pennsylvania for Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation of Disability Insurance Policy Benefits
A Pennsylvania disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a disabled office furniture salesman against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) at the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. In James E. Stone v UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, the plaintiff alleged that UNUM’s agent, servant or employee […]