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Disability Insurance Attorneys Dell & Schaefer Wins Aetna Long Term Disability Appeal for Woman with Brain Injury
An Aetna disability policy holder suffering from a brain injury gets her denial overturned on appeal. Aetna claimed our client did not have post-concussive syndrome that’s affected their ability to work. After an appeal filed by Attorneys Dell & Schafer showed a few things that Aetna got wrong, her denial was reversed. ATTORNEY ALEXANDER PALAMARA: […]
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.
If Your Long Term Disability Claim is Denied due to a Pre-Existing Condition, All May Not be Lost
In a recent case out of Massachusetts, a Court sided with a disabled claimant and found that Aetna’s decision to deny the claim for benefits was wrong. Aetna justified its denial as it believed the disabling medical condition to be a “pre-existing” condition and the policy governing this claim, like most Long Term Disability (“LTD”) […]
Disability Insurance Attorneys Gregory Dell and Alex Palamara Review Aetna Denial Case
In this case, a policyholder was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer and had to undergo treatments. Due to the date of his policy renewal and the date of his treatments, the policyholder did not expect there to be any issue regarding his eventual claim when he had to file for disability. The […]
Disability Lawyers Discuss Aetna’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits to Software Engineer Who Had a Stroke
In this video, Attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss a current case Mr. Gavidia is litigating in Federal court concerning Aetna’s initial granting, then denying, long term disability benefits to a software engineer who suffered a stroke in 2011. He later returned to work, but after about three years, he started having issues with […]
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, […]
Aetna’s Denial of Disability Benefits Was Arbitrary and Capricious
In Mark v. Aetna Life Insurance Company and FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc., Plaintiff Julia Mark, an employee of FedEx Office, injured her neck, back, ankle, and left knee when she fell on a sidewalk. Her left knee continued to cause her pain. She filed a claim for short term disability benefits (STD) with […]
Court Orders Aetna to Reinstate Long Term Disability Benefits
In Marie West v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff West, a contract administrator at Ciber Inc., fell down some stairs on October 22, 2007. She fractured her spine and suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although she continued working for a time, by June 2008, she had to undergo a spinal fusion. After attempting unsuccessfully […]
Court Grants Plaintiffs Discovery Request Despite Aetna’s Objections
Roy Neil Johnston, M.D. v. Aetna Life Insurance Company involves the scope of permissible discovery in an ERISA lawsuit brought when an insurer terminates a claimant’s short-term disability benefits and denies him long-term disability benefits. Aetna initially found Johnston disabled based on the opinion of its own independent neurologist. Apparently, Aetna’s medical review found Johnston […]