A Washington disability attorney filed a federal lawsuit against Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna) and The Boeing Company Long Term Disability Plan (Boeing). The Plaintiff, Patrick D., worked as a real-time software engineer for Boeing, which contracted with Aetna to provide long-term disability coverage to its employees. The Plaintiff’s employment with Boeing afforded him the protections under this Plan.

Patrick D. was forced to file this lawsuit to recover long-term disability benefits protected under ERISA.
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Three lawsuits were filed by disability lawyers against Aetna Life Insurance for wrongful denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits on behalf of Bank of America, Southwest Airlines, and Ikon employees.
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A South Carolina disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the District Of South Carolina against the Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna Life) for violations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In Janice Cole vs. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Community Health Systems, Inc. d/b/a Springs Memorial Hospital; Springs Health Care, Inc.; and The Community Health System Long Term Disability Group Plan, the plaintiff Janice Cole claimed that Aetna Life wrongfully denied the plaintiff her claim for disability benefits under the Springs Memorial Hospital’s employee welfare benefit plan and is seeking actual disability benefits, attorney’s fees & costs, pre-judgment interest, statutory penalties and other equitable remedies through the Court.
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Many companies offer their employees long-term disability insurance, but there is also the potential for those same employees being denied coverage when they need it the most. No matter how many pages of medical reports your personal physical may present, if a doctor contracted by the insurer offers a different opinion, it is unlikely a claim will be approved. In fact, this is exactly what happened in two different disability insurance cases involving Aetna Life Insurance Company.
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Heart related disabling conditions are a common reason for claimants to file a long-term disability benefit claim with their insurance company. While there are objective reasons for a disability insurance company to consider approving a disability benefit claim, sometimes disability insurance companies overlook subjective reasons such as fatigue and side effects of heart medication and deny disability benefits to the claimant.
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