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Sort by relevance 16,386 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Denied Disability Insurance FAQ
What is short-term disability insurance? Short-term disability insurance is usually the first step in an insurance claims process and is offered for employees who are temporarily unable to work due to a medical condition, including an injury or illness. Short-term disability insurance benefits provide payments to the policyholder, usually lasting betwee... - Sun Life Faces Potential Class Action Over Disability Contracts
Detroit, MI: An occupationally disabled woman suffering from severe back injury has filed a lawsuit alleging that Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada violated insurance reforms issued by the State of Michigan's Insurance Commissioner and applicable to disability insurance contracts delivered within the state. The lawsuit seeks class action st... - CIGNA Denied Disability Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Consumers who have CIGNA insurance may have been victims of CIGNA denied disability claims, in which CIGNA is accused of violating consumer protection laws. Recently, a regulatory settlement was announced with five states, settling claims that CIGNA' claims-handling procedures did not conform to required standards. CIGNA Insurance Cla... - Prevacid Complications Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Prevacid is a proton pump inhibitor, used to treat symptoms of acid reflux. According to reports, Prevacid side effects could include an increased risk acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Studies suggest that the risk of Prevacid complications and the risk of proton pump inhibitor side effects increases as the length of use or the medicatio... - Hartford Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Lawsuits have been filed against The Hartford insurance company alleging policyholders had their claims unreasonably delayed or denied, breaching the insurance company' contract with its customers. Insurance companies such as The Hartford (sometimes called Hartford Life Insurance Company ) who are found to have delayed or denied legitimate claims... - Prilosec PPI Side Effects Lawsuit News and Legal Information
The heartburn medication Prilosec (Omeprazole), which is one of nine proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medications, has been linked to bone fractures, heart attacks, cardiac birth defects and severe kidney disease, including Prilosec kidney failure and Prilosec renal failure . Long-term use of Prilosec has been associated with a tripled risk of kidney infla... - MetLife Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
MetLife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) faces long term disability lawsuits alleging the company unjustly or improperly denied, delayed, or canceled long term disability benefits . Insurance lawsuits filed against MetLife allege the company has breached its contract with policyholders by cancelling insurance benefits or by unreasonably denying... - Lincoln Financial Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Lincoln Financial Group offers short and long term disability insurance policies to protect policyholders in the event that they are injured or fall ill and are unable to work. Some policyholders, however, have filed insurance lawsuits alleging they have been unfairly or unreasonably denied their claims. For example, they allege they have been denied b... - Legal News and Information on Johnson & Johnson Gynecare Mesh
Johnson & Johnson has about 33,000 Gynecare lawsuits filed against its Ethicon division alleging Gynecare transvaginal mesh is defective. Rather than relieve women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Stress Incontinence, Gynecare Mesh side effects include severe pain, bleeding and infection. Some of the first transvaginal mesh or bladder... - Denied Disability Insurance Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Both short-term disability and long-term disability policies are purchased as insurance to protect you in the event that you become disabled and can no longer work. But countless policy holders are denied disability insurance by insurers who employ bad faith practices . Experienced long-term disability insurance lawyers can help consumers appeal... - Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Patients implanted with Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) blood clot filters have suffered severe complications when the devices broke or fractured inside their body, allegedly due to a design flaw and/or the filters being implanted for too long. The majority of IVC filter lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers C.R. Bard and Cook Medical, alleging punctured v... - Proton Pump Inhibitors Gastric Cancer Legal News
Santa Cruz, CA: A new study on the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in patients who have been treated successfully for Helicobacter pylori shows that the drugs more than double the risk for gastric cancer. Proton Pump Inhibitors Gastric Cancer Risk The study does have several limitations, including the fact that it is observational and w... - The Standard Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Like other insurance companies, the Standard Insurance Company has faced claims of wrongly denied insurance claims and using questionable tactics to deny legitimate claims. In cases where Standard Insurance —or any insurance company—has wrongfully denied or delayed payment of an insurance claim, policyholders have the right to have that dec... - Negligence Lawsuit in California Wildfires - Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Santa Rosa, CA: Amid allegations of negligence in its mitigation of the risk and spread of the deadly Coffey Park and Sonoma County wildfires California power supplier PG&E finds itself facing the possibility of lawsuits. Thousands of residents of Santa Rosa, CA, have been made homeless by the fires, while others remain missing. Claims are bei... - Cigna Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Cigna faces allegations from policyholders that it unreasonably delays or denies payment of long-term disability insurance claims. Policyholders allege they pay into their long-term disability policy in good faith but have their claims denied for illegitimate reasons, putting them in a financially vulnerable situation. When insurance companies such as... - Long Term Disability Insurance Fraud Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Policyholders purchase long-term disability insurance to protect themselves in the event they become disabled and can no longer carry out their job duties. Unfortunately, some long-term disability (LTD) policyholders have their disability claims improperly denied . Policyholders who have their long-term disability claim denied can appeal the decision,... - Aetna Long-term Disability Lawsuit Information & Legal News
Long-term disability insurance companies such as Aetna, have a duty to pay out their policies to policyholders who suffer injury or illness and can no longer carry out their job duties. Some long-term disability companies such as Aetna have faced insurance lawsuits alleging they failed to pay their policies as set out in their contracts. ... - Guardian Life Insurance Denied Disability Lawsuit News
Lawsuits filed against Guardian Life Insurance Company of America by its policyholders claim the insurer has wrongfully denied disability benefits by practicing bad faith insurance. If you had an insurance claim denied and think Guardian Life Insurance and their affiliated company, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, has conducted health insurance f... - IVC Filter FAQ
What is an IVC filter ? An IVC (Inferior Vena Cava) filter is a small, metal device implanted by vascular surgeons or interventional radiologists into a patient’s inferior vena cava vein to prevent blood clots from moving to the lungs - a health condition known as pulmonary embolism or PE. The inferior vena cava is the main vessel returning b... - Liberty Mutual Denied Disability Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Denied disability lawsuits have been filed against Liberty Mutual insurance company. The Boston-based Liberty Mutual Holding Company, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, is one of the largest disability insurance providers and the fourth largest property and casualty insurer in the US. Liberty Mutual, which has over 800 offices worldwide, has...