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• Court Opinions
• General Marketing Stuff

Court Opinions

• Met Life Shows Just How Arbitrary They Can Be [PDF]
  ERISA case involving MetLife's arbitrary denial of a LTD claim through willful misinterpretation of the claimants job requirements and ignoring the conflicting opinions of its very own medical reviewers.
• McCauley v. First UNUM [PDF]
  This case has taken 15 years from filing for disability to legal resolution. Read the opinion.
• Allen v. AT&T Disability Income Program [PDF]
  A psychiatric disability case in which the insurance companies psychiatrist recommended denial without any knowledge of the plaintiff's job, without interviewing the patient, and without making efforts to contact the treating mental health professionals.
• Galvin v. UNUM Provident [PDF]
  A LTD case in which UNUM tries to explain away disability through circular logic. It doesn't work.
• Schully v. Continental Casualty Company [PDF]
  U.S. District Court of Eastern Louisiana opinion on an LTD case in which plaintiff was awarded benefits after Court looked down upon the fact that IMEs had not examined patient nor made efforts to contact treating physicians.
• Sedgwick Insurance Company v. Delsman [PDF]
  Court opinion dismissing a suit against a blogger who had a policy with the plaintiff and wrote about the terrible things the company and it's executives did in the name of profit. They sued him for defamation and copyright infringement for using their pictures on "Wanted" posters.
• Toth v. INA [PDF]
  CIGNA doctors lose out on battle of opinion with plaintiff's treating physicians.
• Velikanov v. Union Security Insurance [PDF]
  Opinion on an ERISA case in which the judge targets University Disability Consortium and their shady relationship with insurance companies.
• Barteau v. Prudential [PDF]
  Prudential utilizes the common tactic of professing disability to Social Security while arguing non-disability to the courts. Here's a case in which it didn't work.
• Solomon v. MetLife [PDF]
  The USDC of New York's Southern District thrashes the "independence" of IME Dr. Amy Hopkins.
• Taylor v. SmithKline [PDF]
  The USDC of California's Central District rules on a case in which the Hartford's doctor, Beth Aaronsen, of the University Disability Consortium, ruled against disability while ignoring all except one of the claimants major medical problems.
• Court Refuses To Vacate ERISA Ruling
  Excerpts from the US District Court opinion about an insurance company trying once again to deceive the public.
• Denmark v. Liberty Life
  This appeal has generated thorny questions involving the appropriate standard of judicial review under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

General Marketing Stuff

• Most Group Disability Insurance Policies Provide Minimal Coverage
  Long-term disability policies are unlike any other type of insurance. As an employee, you often don't have the choice between several companies with different types of coverage. Employees are typically stuck with whichever policy their Human Resources Department has chosen for the company. And while many companies pick responsible, well-written policies, there are just as many irresponsible businesses who choose the cheapest policy they can find.
• Court Concludes Metlife's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits is Unsupported by Evidence
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that Metlife lacked substantial evidence when they terminted Gorski's long-term disability benefits.
• AETNA's Denial of Pilot's Benefits Overturned
  AETNA's denial of a pilot's disability benefits were overturned because AETNA had failed to properly interpret their own contract.
• MetLife Spying at Baseball Game Not Enough to Cut Off Benefits [PDF]
  When you have a disability claim one thing you can almost bet on is an invasion of your privacy by video surveillance. In this case, MetLife spied on a guy at his kid's little league baseball game.
• Wright v Raytheon MetLife Amy Hopkins NMR [PDF]
  Another court blasts MetLife in a disability case and exposes the huge sums paid to "independent" reviewers hired by these insurance companies
• Victory Against CIGNA-Court Critical of Dr. I. Jack Abramson [PDF]
  An ERISA disability victory for the claimant and a good analysis of why the insurance company doctor's opinions were not reliable.