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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A former insurance agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and his Idaho disability attorney filed a lawsuit against the insurer in Idaho Federal Court to recover his disability insurance benefits. In May 1970, Roger C. purchased a disability insurance policy from his own employer Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company (NWM) and subsequently purchased a second disability insurance policy in 1975. In addition, from 1970 until 1994 Roger C. added several life insurance policies from NWM to his portfolio of insurance coverage. And, having paid all premiums for the two (2) NWM policies as well as his other NWM life insurance policies, Roger C. rightfully expected to be fully covered by those policies should he become disabled, which he did in 2005. Unfortunately, NWM denied his claims for benefits.
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