Disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell and Rachel Alters discuss the challenges insurance companies impose on disability claimants who are diagnosed with cancer, receive treatment, and then are “cancer free” but are still unable to work and need disability insurance benefits. Until someone faces cancer themselves or has a close loved one who goes through it, many people have the mistaken idea that when cancer has been beaten and they are told they are NED – no evidence of disease – that they are cured and life goes back to normal.
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An employee at RAMM Metals, Inc., suffering from endometrial carcinoma, and her Pennsylvania disability attorney filed a Complaint against Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company in Federal Court seeking disability benefits from the insurer that have wrongfully been denied. A Controller at RAMM, Patricia C. became disabled on October 24, 2007 when she was unable to perform her job at the company. Unfortunately, Fort Dearborn has decided that Patricia C. does not qualify for long term disability benefits and has refused to pay. After being denied benefits, this suit was filed.
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