The Disability Application

A South Carolina disability attorney recently filed a federal ERISA lawsuit against Mutual of Omaha on behalf of an employee of Graham Windham. The Plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit to recover ERISA short-term and long-term benefit payments wrongly withheld by Mutual of Omaha.

Case Facts Against Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

Plaintiff was employed by Graham Windham until she ceased working in October 2010 due to specific problems. Her employment with Graham Windham made her eligible for both short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage that was fully insured by Mutual of Omaha. She filed a claim for short-term and long-term disability after she ceased working.
Read more »

A federal lawsuit in Minnesota against ReliaStar and Madison National Life Insurance Co. was recently filed by a Minnesota disability attorney. The Plaintiff, a teacher in the local school district, was covered by a Wisconsin Life’s disability benefit plan which was administered by ReliaStar. The Plaintiff filed a disability lawsuit to recover disability benefits wrongly withheld by ReliaStar.
Read more »

An employee of Nestle USA who was fully qualified to receive her disability benefits from Standard Insurance Company and her South Carolina disability attorney filed an ERISA lawsuit against the insurer in South Carolina Federal Court on July 1, 2011. As the sole entity responsible for determining the award of disability benefits to claimants, Standard Insurance Company was both the claim administrator and the fiduciary of the plan in the evaluation of Dawkins’ claim. Thus, Dawkins and her South Carolina disability attorney filed their claim under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security Act (ERISA).
Read more »

Employed at the Florida Coastal School of Law as a professor and later an associate dean for over ten years, Ms. Y was declared disabled by Prudential Life Insurance in a letter on January 21, 2011, but has not received any payments of those benefits six months later. In an attempt to collect her disability benefits, Ms. Y and her Florida disability attorney filed a federal complaint in the United States District Court of Florida.
Read more »

Three lawsuits were filed by disability lawyers against Aetna Life Insurance for wrongful denial of long-term disability (LTD) benefits on behalf of Bank of America, Southwest Airlines, and Ikon employees.
Read more »