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Boeing Employee Suffering From Severe Chronic Back Pain Sues Aetna Life Insurance Company For Denial Of ERISA Benefits

A disability lawyer from Oregon has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Oregon against The Boeing Company Employee Benefit Plan (Boeing) and Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna). The Plaintiff, Susan A., worked as an assistant to the Vice President and General Counsel of The Boeing Company. Due to her employment, Plaintiff was protected by Boeing’s Employee Benefit Plan.

Like many lawsuits filed against Aetna before, Susan L. was forced to file suit after being denied ERISA long term disability benefits.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Senior Sales Representative Sues Liberty Life For Denial Of Short-Term And Long-Term Disability Benefits

A Florida disability lawyer recently filed a federal lawsuit in the district court for the Middle District of Florida Orlando Division against Liberty Life Assurance Company Of Boston (Liberty). The Plaintiff, Carolyn S., was employed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as a Senior Sales Representative. Due to her employment, she was entitled to short-term and long-term disability benefits that were provided by Liberty.
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Four Plaintiffs Sue Prudential Insurance Company Of America For Failure To Provide Long-Term Disability Benefits

Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) was sued in the District Courts of California and Florida in four separate cases by four Plaintiffs through their respective disability attorneys for the wrongful denial of long-term disability benefits as provided under the terms of ERISA. Prudential is accused in all four cases that the company wrongfully withheld the long-term disability benefits that were to be provided under the terms of their respective plans.
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Teacher Sues ReliaStar For Denial Of Disability Benefits

A federal lawsuit in Minnesota against ReliaStar and Madison National Life Insurance Co. was recently filed by a Minnesota disability attorney. The Plaintiff, a teacher in the local school district, was covered by a Wisconsin Life’s disability benefit plan which was administered by ReliaStar. The Plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit to recover disability benefits wrongly withheld by ReliaStar.
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Unum Insurance Company Denies Disability Application of Flex-N-Gate Production Associate Suffering with Chronic Back Pain and Sciatica

Alabama Disability Attorney Files Lawsuit Against UNUM Following Disability Application Denial

Recently, in the case of Felicia Fielder Vs Unum Life Insurance Company Of America, Administrator Of The Flex-N-Gate Corporation Long Term Disability Plan in The United States, the plaintiff through an Alabama disability attorney filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff Felicia Fielder alleged that the Unum Life Insurance Company Of America (Unum Life) had denied disability benefits to her in violation of an employee welfare benefit Plan’s provisions and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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