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When you are making a claim for long-term disability through your company's insurance plan, you will be dealing with the ERISA law. Below is an article...
Read MoreArmani v. Northwestern Mut. Live Ins. Co.
In this 2016 case, where an employee challenged the denial of long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the...
Read MoreMitchell v. CB Richard Ellis Long Term Disability Plan
In this 2009 case, an employee challenged a plan administrator's denial of long-term disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...
Read MoreLelu v. Hartford Live & Accident Ins. Co.
In this 2009 case, the employer was the plan sponsor and plan administrator of an ERISA long-term disability benefits plan. The insurance company was the...
Read MoreChapman v. Choicecare Long Island Term Disability Plan
In this 2002 case, due to a mental disability, the claimant submitted a long term disability benefits application to an insurance company that was under...
Read MoreGibbs v. CIGNA Corp.
In this 2006 case, the district court held that $ 150,000 in "guaranteed" "minimum compensation" paid to the executrix's husband was not a salary under his...
Read MoreGeiger v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.
In this 2023 case, an insurer did not abuse its discretion in denying long-term disability (LTD) benefits to plaintiff under ERISA, as considering the...
Read MoreMongeluzo v. Baxter Travenol Long Term Disability Benefit Plan
In this 1995 case, Plaintiff brought action based on a denial of his claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income...
Read MoreBlair v. Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Disability Plan
In this 2017 case, where an ERISA claims administrator terminated a recipient's long-term disability benefits, substantial evidence supported the decision,...
Read MoreMarantz v. Permanente Med. Group, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan
In this 2012 ERISA case, the claimant, who was a doctor, underwent surgery for a herniated disc and degenerative disc disease, but she stopped working full...
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