March 2013 Archives

A Federal Court in Nebraska has determined that United of Omaha wrongfully denied a claimant’s short and long term disability insurance claims, and has awarded the claimant her benefits and also awarded attorneys’ fees to her counsel. The claimant suffered from several medical conditions, including cervical spondylosis with stenosis, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and mental health […]

A Federal Judge reviewing the termination of a long term disability insurance claim has found that Aetna abused its discretion in its claim review, and has ordered that benefits be paid to the claimant. The long term disability claimant suffered from a condition which caused involuntary head movement and turning many years prior, and was […]

A Federal Judge said no to Met Life, rejecting its effort to not only sustain its termination of a long term disability insurance claim, but its effort to recover over 500K that it had paid to a claimant, before it learned that the claimant had released his employer from various claims arising out of an […]