Four plaintiffs have sued Unum Life Insurance Company Of America (Unum) in the District Courts of California, Michigan, and Massachusetts for the recovery of long-term disability benefits covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In all four cases that were filed via the respective disability lawyers, Unum is…
Recently, a federal lawsuit was filed by a California disability lawyer against the Provident Life and Accident Insurance, Co. (Provident) and Unum Group (Unum). The Plaintiff, James M., M.D., worked as a Psychiatrist. Plaintiff applied for a disability insurance policy from Provident in or around December 1982. Like many claimants,…
A California claimant and his California disability lawyer filed a lawsuit against UNUM Life Insurance Company of America in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 7, 2011 in an effort to force the insurer to pay his entitled disability benefits. A beneficiary of…
Three lawsuits were recently filed against Unum in the states of Missouri, South Carolina and Texas after three claimants were denied disability benefits. With the help of disability attorneys, employees of J. Crew, Time Warner Cable, and a Texas Hospital will have their cases heard in Federal District Court. Let’s…
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…
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…
Recently, one disabled employee of the New York – Presbyterian Hospital filed a lawsuit against the First Unum Life Insurance Company for wrongful termination of long term disability benefits under the Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). New York disability Attorney sues Unum in the United States District Court for the…