In Margueritte Kibel v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a unanimous opinion, ruled that Margueritte Kibel had met her burden of proof and was entitled to long-term disability benefits. It remanded to the District Court with instructions to enter an award of benefits to her.

Kibel’s problems started in 2011 when she collapsed two separate times at work. Once in a meeting with a supervisor, and another time while entertaining clients. In January 2012, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Even so, she returned to work in March 2012, but after only a month, she had to quit. She made several other attempts to work before finally quitting in November 2013 and applying for long-term disability benefits. Aetna denied her claim.
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This past year, Hartford Insurance company agreed to purchase the disability and life insurance division of Aetna insurance company for 1.45 billion dollars. Aetna and The Hartford have different styles of reviewing disability insurance claims. If your Aetna claim has been dormant or has not had much action lately it is more than likely that Aetna policy holders will be subject to another layer of review. Read more »

The Plaintiff, with the help of a California Disability Lawyer, filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Aetna and Boeing after being denied short-term and long-term disability benefits that she was entitled to under the terms of her employment at Boeing.
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Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna) was sued in two Florida District Courts of Florida by two Plaintiffs for violations of the long-term disability benefits provided under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). In the aforementioned cases, just like the countless other lawsuits filed against Aetna, it is claimed that Aetna has illegally denied the Plaintiffs’ claims for long-term disability (LTD) benefits as promised under their respective plans.
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A disability lawyer from Oregon has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Oregon against The Boeing Company Employee Benefit Plan (Boeing) and Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna). The Plaintiff, Susan A., worked as an assistant to the Vice President and General Counsel of The Boeing Company. Due to her employment, Plaintiff was protected by Boeing’s Employee Benefit Plan.

Like many lawsuits filed against Aetna before, Susan L. was forced to file suit after being denied ERISA long term disability benefits.
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