Long Term Disability Law BlogDisability 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 […]
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M&T Bank employee sue First UNUM Insurance Company under ERISA for denying claim for Disability benefits
In Erskine Williams v First UNUM Insurance Company and M&T Bank Long Term Disability Plan, filed by a New York disability attorney at the District Court for the Western District of New York, the plaintiff was a former employee of the M & T Bank working as a collector. While employed with the M & […]
Prudential Insurance Company of America Sued In Three States For Denial Of Disability Benefits
Recently, three different lawsuits were filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for denial of disability insurance benefits against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) at the District Court of the United States. In all three cases filed through the respective plaintiffs’ disability attorney, Prudential was alleged to have wrongfully denied the […]
Prudential Insurance Company Faces Two Long-Term Disability Denial Lawsuits From Former Ricoh Printing Systems And W.W. Grainger Employees
Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) finds itself in court having to defend against two separate lawsuits for denying long-term disability benefit payments to two different claimants. Richard Timms of Minnesota filed an ERISA lawsuit against Prudential with the help of his Minnesota disability lawyer in United States District Court in the District of Minnesota […]
Former restaurant manager with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue files lawsuit against Unum for denial of disability insurance benefits
Mr. Scott A. Boles, a former restaurant manager employed by Telesis, Inc., filed a complaint in the Nebraska court against Unum for denial of disability insurance benefits under two separate claims. Boles, employed to manage various Lazlos restaurants, was covered by the Group Long Term Disability Insurance Policy issued by Unum to Telesis, Inc in […]
UNUM Life Insurance Company Of America Faces Quadruple Lawsuits Filed Under ERISA Following Denial Of Disability Benefits
Recently, four separate lawsuits were filed at the District Court level against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) by plaintiffs all over the country. Lawsuits were by disability insurance lawyers in the states of Florida, Illinois Alabama, and South Carolina. The civil actions were instituted against UNUM seeking the recovery of benefits under […]
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 […]
Former Anheuser Busch Employee’s Disability Application is Denied By Prudential Insurance Company
John A. Stremlau and his disability lawyers filed suit against Prudential Insurance Company of America and Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc. in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri under ERISA to petition the Court for recovery of disability benefits he is due via his employee insurance program with his employer Anheuser Busch Company, […]
Former CVS Pharmacy Employee Sues Unum Life Insurance Company Claiming Underpayment of Disability Benefits
The lawsuit of Jill Krongrad v CVS Pharmacy, Inc. & UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, was recently filed at the Circuit Court for Baltimore County by the plaintiff’s Maryland disability attorney.
Sun Life Insurance Sued by West Virginia Man for Denying Long-Term Disability Claim
The declining state of Charles Smoot’s health came to the point at which it became necessary for him to file a Sun Life disability insurance claim through his employer provided disability plan. Mr. Smoot’s claim was denied and his West Virginia disability lawyer filed an ERISA lawsuit against Sun Life in the United States District […]