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Arizona Court Reverses Provident’s Denial of ERISA Disability Benefits in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case

by Carrie J. Feit | Mar 5, 2010 | Archive

A district court found in favor of a CFIDS ERISA claimant, and against Provident’s conclusion that the claimant could perform “any occupation” based on its Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), surveillance, and the fact that the claimant worked after she began...

Florida Court Denies MetLife’s Counterclaim for SSDI Overpayment in ERISA Long Term Disability Claim

by Carrie J. Feit | Feb 16, 2010 | Archive

Existing ERISA law regarding equitable liens provides that only an “identifiable fund” of money can be recovered since ERISA is an equitable statute and does not allow recovery of pure money damages. Based on such ERISA tenet, a Middle District of Florida court denied...

Court Punts in the Face of CIGNA’s Disregard of LTD Claimant’s SSDI Award

by Carrie J. Feit | Feb 10, 2010 | Archive

An Illinois district court, after remand by the Seventh Circuit, recognized that CIGNA’s disregard of an ERISA claimant’s award of SSDI benefits, after providing an advocate to the long term disability claimant to secure the same, added weight to the notion that CIGNA...

Court Finds that LINA Abused its Discretion in Denying Long Term Disability Benefits But Will Hold an ERISA Trial

by Carrie J. Feit | Jan 20, 2010 | Archive

Yesterday, a Court out of Missouri found that Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA) was arbitrary and capricious in denying the Plaintiff’s long term disability claim due to an unreasonable misinterpretation and selective review of the medical evidence....

First Circuit Finds Sporadic Activities Observed Via Surveillance Supports Denial of Long Term Disability- Fibromyalgia Claim

by Carrie J. Feit | Jan 15, 2010 | Archive

On January 14, 2010, the First Circuit upheld Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston’s termination of a fibromyalgia claimant’s long term disability benefits based on multiple rounds of surveillance that showed sporadic activities over the course of several days....

Long Term Disability Denial Upheld Due to Failure to Provide Objective Evidence During the Elimination Period

by Carrie J. Feit | Jan 11, 2010 | Archive

A Regional Quality Insurance Nurse, responsible for ensuring that all nursing practice standards at multiple facilities met with state and federal guidelines, was denied disability benefits by Unum despite results of neuropsychological testing that showed gross...
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