The Disability Application

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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Recently, two separate lawsuits were filed against the Cigna Group Insurance (CIGNA) by claimants of employee benefits plans issued and administered by CIGNA for denial of long term disability benefits and violations under the provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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Recently, a lawsuit was filed at the District Court for the District Of Kansas against the Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (Reliance) by a Kansas disability attorney on behalf of a client who became disabled while working at HF Rubber Machinery, Inc. In Justin G Hutton Vs Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, it was alleged that Reliance had wrongfully denied the plaintiff‘s claim for disability benefits based on an arbitrary and capricious determination that the plaintiff’s disability was a pre-existing condition. Let us examine the case in more detail.
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Pennsylvania Disability Lawyer sues Unum following Unum Disability Application Denial

Recently, a Pennsylvania disability attorney filed a lawsuit at the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against the Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum) for violation of the provisions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The legal action was to secure disability benefits under the Mercy Hospital Long Term Disability Plan which Unum was alleged to have wrongfully denied to a former nurse working at the Mercy Hospital. In Christine Leuthe vs Unum Life Insurance Company of America, the Administrator of Mercy Hospital long term disability plan, the plaintiff claimed that she is entitled to disability benefits under a disability insurance policy underwritten and administered by Unum.
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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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