Terminated February 26, 2011 from Jeld-Wen, presumably due to her disabling condition, Donna Wachhaus has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Cigna Group Insurance and Life Insurance Company of North America for her disability benefits. Employed at Jeld-Wen as a window assembler since April 10, 1989, Wachhaus went on medical leave in late August of 2009. She remained on medical leave until February 26, 2010 when she was terminated as a result of her “Disability-Unable to Return” status.
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Recently, a lawsuit was filed against the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) by a Georgia disability attorney at the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In Robert Lucas v The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the plaintiff Robert Lucas claimed that Prudential had acted unreasonably, arbitrarily and without any justification in denying his claim for long term disability benefits.
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There are times when mental health disorders can escalate to the point at which it becomes necessary for someone to stop working for an extended period of time or cease working altogether at the direction of a treating physician. Sometimes mental health disorders coexist with other disabling conditions, but mental disorders can also be the primary cause that prevents a person from carrying out the material duties of his or her occupation with reasonable continuity.
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Susan Knight has not been able to work with any reasonable continuity since February 1, 2006 due to a litany of disabling conditions pertaining to her neck. Sun Life Insurance Company does not agree. The medical conditions that preclude her from working either at her own or any occupation include but are not limited to the following:
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