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Assurity Life Insurance Company – Disability Insurance Lawsuits Information

Disability Attorneys Dell & Schaefer provide legal services for disability claimants that have a short-term or long-term disability insurance policy purchased from Assurity Life. In this video disability insurance attorney Cesar Gavidia discusses the problems that can result when a disability insurance company, in written correspondence, mistakenly represents the amount…

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Aetna Long Term Disability Claim Denial Information

Long term disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss things that a person should expect if they have been denied disability benefits by Aetna insurance company. We discuss the ERISA appeal process and how Aetna will review the disability appeal that must be filed following a claim denial.

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Court Orders Lincoln National to Pay Long Term Disability Benefits

In Jamie S. Flanagan v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff was a nurse practitioner who was unable to work after a lumbar fusion failed and left her with nerve root scarring. She also had spondylolisthesis. Her employer had a welfare benefit plan which included long term disability (LTD)…

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Court Orders Unum to Pay LTD Benefits to Attorney with Neuropathy

In Ralph Dewsnup v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, held that Plaintiff clearly showed, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he was entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits that were incorrectly terminated by Unum. It all started…

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Insurance Company’s Denial of Disability Benefits was Arbitrary and Capricious

In Kimberly J. Guest-Marcotte v. Life Insurance Company of North America, Plaintiff, an insurance risk manager, was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Type III, a hereditary disease characterized by loose connective tissue which results in frequent joint dislocations and subluxations. In June 2013, due to chronic pain and fatigue, Plaintiff…

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Unum Loses its Bid to Have Case Dismissed and to Introduce New Evidence

In Anne Wittmann v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana did not make any ruling about whether or not Wittmann, an attorney suffering from fibromyalgia, was entitled to long term disability benefits. The only question presented was whether or…

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Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Life Insurance Company of North America Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In the case of Green v. Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA), Plaintiff Michael Green was a truck driver for McLane Company, Inc. (McLane). In December 14, 2014, he began having symptoms of foggy and cloudy vision. His ophthalmologist diagnosed him with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in his right…

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Court Rules Unum’s Denial of LTD Benefits was Arbitrary and Capricious

In Joan Clark v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America and Unum Group Corporation (Unum), Clark worked approximately 33 years for Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) in Tullahoma, Tennessee, as an instrument technician. For about half of those years, she suffered from systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Except for a short time…

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Appellate Court Upholds Liberty’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Damon Zaeske v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, Zaeske stopped working on April 4, 2014, due to chronic back pain. His initial application for long-term disability benefits was approved with the caveat that his medical condition would be subject to periodic evaluation. He began receiving benefits on July…

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