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Nov-7-06 San Jose, CA Preeti Dave never got paid for the six months she moonlighted as an independent contractor. "I want to let others know what I learned from this: be careful when you are promised a lot; read the contract and remember that you don't have the department of labor to protect you," she says. "I was so naïve". "I found a job posting on Craig'... - Kaiser Ordered to Pay Back Coverage
Oct-29-06 Smyrna, GA Edie Jackson, aged 57, has multiple sclerosis (MS) and barely has enough energy to talk, so it was with great difficulty that she told LawyersandSettlements.com how Kaiser Insurance cancelled her coverage, without warning. Edie only found out her coverage was cancelled when she tried to get her medication refilled. "I had Kaiser insuran... - Blue Cross Once Again Denies Patient Coverage
Sep-10-06 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Bill Stecker thought he was doing the right thing by purchasing Wellpoint health insurance coverage for his three sons. All three had fallen off his work health insurance coverage because they were too old, so Bill decided to find different insurance for them. A search on the internet led Bill to Tonik health insurance... - UnumProvident didn't acknowledge mental disabilities
Jun-26-06 Mental illness is a disability, just like a physical injury, but from these two women's accounts, not according to UnumProvident Corporation. Therese Truong of San Jose, CA. "I got a UnumProvident insurance policy automatically through my employer. In May 2002 I suffered emotional distress as a result of harassment at work by my manager and I was u... - UnumProvident: Pay up!
Jun-21-06 Kathleen Dixon bought an insurance policy with UnumProvident and later had an accident at work which left her permanently disabled. No matter how many medical records she sent to the insurance company stating she could never work again, Kathleen never got a dime. Kathleen Dixon RN, NP of Hayward CA: "I started working in the emergency ward at Kaiser... - Living in the Shadow of the Power Plant
May-23-07 Harrisburg, PA People residing near the Bruce Mansfield power plant in Beaver County, PA, have been living under a barrage of air contamination, and finally the plant owner is going to be taken to court, says PennFuture, an environmental public interest organization. Lawsuit pending In a May 22 press release, PennFuture says it will launch a "citizen... - Home Warranty Insurance and the Manufactured Home
Nov-23-14 Washington, DC It’s an extended warranty question that was bound to come up sometime and begs to be asked: when we have a conversation about home warranty insurance, where are the jurisdictional parameters when it comes to manufactured homes? Not mobile homes or trailers per se, but large buildings complete with front porches and the like. Unl... - Oregon LTD Insurance Woes Are a Day in the Life of Insurance Frustration
Nov-19-14 Portland, OR Cigna has long been a provider of short- and long-term disability (LTD) coverage for consumers and employees in various states, including Oregon. However, Cigna is also not unlike other insurance providers who have been accused of Denied Disability Claims, regardless of legitimacy of the claim. Anyone having filed an Oregon Long term disabil... - Car accidents: No Witness, No Recourse
Mar-30-06 Jodi Cornelius, from Oneida Wisconsin, stopped at an intersection. When she regained consciousness in the ambulance, Jodi remembered getting hit by a Mac truck. "If anybody was to get a ticket, it should have been him," she says. "On Dec 12, 2005, I was driving west to east and came to a stop at the crossroad. The truck driver was barreling down the road,... - California Voters May End 38 Years of Tort Reform
Oct-31-14 California voters will decide on Proposition 46 - The Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors initiative - on the November 4th ballot. Prop. 46 is an initiative to reform the 1975 Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), which sets a limit on non-economic recovery, known as pain and suffering, to $250,000. The proposition... - More Than One Way to Skin a Cat Over Washington LTD Benefits
Oct-11-14 Everett, WA This is a Washington long term denied disability lawsuit story with a difference. Rather than having been denied disability benefits, a union representing Washington County and City employees alleged they were overpaying for their benefits. The revelation was especially hard to swallow in the wake of layoffs, job furloughs and wage freezes... - Oregon and Oracle Trading Lawsuits Over Cover Oregon Website
Sep-19-14 Salem, OR It may not be your average Oregon long term denied lawsuit , but the ugly spat that is brewing between the state of Oregon and software giant Oracle Corp. (Oracle) is mushrooming. At stake is a determination of just who is at fault over the allegedly failed Cover Oregon health care exchange website. The site, reported by the Bozeman Daily... - Spinach E. coli: Warnings Unnoticed for Two Days
Dec-4-06 Salinas, CA: Concerns are now being raised that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not warn consumers quickly enough about the recent E. coli spinach contamination that killed at least three people and made 200 more sick. Some critics believe that the deaths from the E. coli infection could have been prevented if the CDC had lear... - Hillside Home Appears to Be Sloping Downward, Owners Sue Contractor, Insurer
Jun-29-14 Asotin, ID As a prospective homeowner, you trust the qualifications of your contractor with the expert construction of your home. This is especially true if the nature of your construction is a bit more complicated than merely plunking a bungalow down on a piece of flat real estate. It is the more unique construction projects, such as building into the sid... - WW II Veteran Denied Disability Insurance for 28 Long Years
Feb-25-14 Oakland, CA A 90-year-old veteran of World War II who first applied for disability payments in 1986 and has since been made to deal with denied disability insurance countless times has finally, after 28 long years, reached the light at the end of his tunnel. But it’s been a long road for the military veteran who once stood amongst the ruins of Hi... - Veterans Denied Disability Insurance and Treatment May Appeal
Jan-22-14 Oakland, CA A group of soldiers and war veterans claiming to have been guinea pigs for the testing of Agent Orange and other chemicals at the behest of the US government and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) decades ago did not get much of an improvement over the original July 2013 ruling when Chief US District Judge Claudia Wilken delivered her final... - Supreme Court Sides with Plan in ERISA Lawsuit
Jan-3-14 Washington, DC In a ruling on ERISA plan statutes of limitations as they relate to a company’s disability plan, the Supreme Court has sided with plan. The Supreme Court unanimously found that the limitations period does not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. This means that plans are able to impose a statute of limitations even... - ERISA Lawsuit Results in $99 Million Settlement
Dec-1-13 New York, NY An ERISA lawsuit involving a bankrupt financial firm has now been settled for $99 million. The ERISA settlement was the culmination of three years of litigation, and involved claims by various retirement investors against Lehman Brothers. According to Bloomberg (11/27/13), Ernst & Young LLP will pay investors, including retirement... - Insurance Company Wrongfully Denies Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferer
Nov-12-13 Detroit, MI Despite the fact that disability insurance is supposed to protect policyholders in the event they become disabled prior to retirement, some insurance companies still practice bad faith insurance by wrongly denying disability claims for chronic fatigue syndrome. Why was Christine denied benefits by Cigna, her Insurer, yet immediately recogni... - Court Rules in Favor of Denied Disability Insurance Plaintiff
Sep-27-13 Sacramento, CA A California woman suffering from diabetes, severe psoriasis and the loss of several toes due to amputation recently fought a previously denied disability insurance claim and scored a victory when the US District Court, Eastern District of California, upon judicial review, reversed a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to deny...