LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Long Term Care Health Insurance? More likely Living with the Kids
Mar-14-09 Seattle, WA Increasingly, the families of policy holders are finding that their parents' long term care insurance is being denied. There could be multiple reasons, but one thing is certain: the insurance companies weren't prepared for so many claims. There are more people living longer and they are in need of assisted living or nursing home care. But the... - Chinese Drywall Plaintiffs Suffer Insurance Setback
Dec-30-10 New Orleans, LA While victims of defective Chinese drywall are getting some satisfaction from lawsuit settlements, and repair funding from suppliers, distributors and contractors responsible for installing the defective product into scores of homes, a judge ruled a week before Christmas that there will be little help for homeowners through their existi... - Dietary Supplements Containing 6-OXO and 1-AD Pose Risk of Seizures and Blood Clots
Health Canada Warns Consumers About Supplments Used for Body Building Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the dietary supplements 6-OXO (4-androstene-3,6,17-trione) and 1-AD (1-androstenediol), or any other supplements containing the ingredients 4-androstene-3,6,17-trione or 1-androstenediol, due to potentially serious health risks such as sei... - Patients Battle Surprise Emergency Room Charges
Feb-20-19 Washington, DC Dr. Joaquin Lopez ‘s surprise emergency room bill came after he and his insurer had already paid $11,000 toward the cost of emergency gallbladder surgery . For dentist Brad Buckingham, who fell off his bicycle, the shock was a $70,000 bill to repair a broken hip. For Stacey Shapiro, it was a $6,720 emergency room fee to treat sudd... - Unum Provident Goes Against ERISA Rights
Dec-18-08 Elizabethtown, PA: Jay had an Unum Provident policy with his employer and received short term disability for five months (in July 2006) before he qualified for Unum's long term disability benefits. After six months receiving health insurance benefits from Unum, he was told to apply for social security—the insurance company expected him to return to wo... - Car Accident: Don't Settle for Less
Dec-13-08 Saint Cloud, FL Sometimes it doesn't pay to accept a car crash settlement right away. Ann and her son were involved in a rear-end collision that didn't seem like a serious car accident at the time, but they are both feeling the repercussions two years later. Now, Ann is thankful to her attorney that she will finally have her day in court. "My 15-year... - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Settle with California
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Settle with California Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have agreed to settle with the state of California regarding individual insurance policies that were improperly dropped by the health insurers, because the insurees made minor mistakes in filling out the forms. Blue Cross has agreed to pay a $10 million fin... - Attorney Files ER Overcharges Class-Action Lawsuit
Oct-29-13 Los Angeles, CA Attorney Barry Kramer has filed a class-action claim on behalf of uninsured people who were overcharged emergency room (ER) fees by the Swedish Medical Center. “We have filed a class action in the state of Washington. The class has been certified and individuals affected by ER overcharges will soon receive notice,” says Kra... - Boston Scientific Won Guidant - What A Prize
Jul-24-06 In the second quarter of 2006, Boston Scientific may have lost 27% of its value, but in the first quarter, it did win a nearly two month bidding war with Johnson and Johnson over the heart device maker, Guidant, with a bid of $27.5 billion for the grand prize. It probably seemed like a great deal when the bidding started. Guidant's heart device division... - $67M Settlement Reached in Mylan Antitrust Lawsuit
Washington, DC: Mylan Pharmaceuticals and chemical companies Cambrex and Gyma Laboratories have been ordered to pay $67 million in fines to end the long-running antitrust lawsuit brought by Blue Cross. According to the allegations, Mylan had entered into exclusive licensing agreements with Cambrex and Gyma Laboratories, allowing Mylan to inflate pr... - ER Charges: Underserved and Over-Charged thanks to Upcoding
Jan-10-19 Los Angeles, CA: When a nine-year old accidentally had gasoline splashed in her eyes, her mother immediately drove her to the closest hospital emergency room. They were directed to the eyewash station but it was so dirty they couldn’t use it, so Brianna’s mom rinsed her daughter’s eyes at a regular sink. Turns out, they would have been b... - SAG-AFTRA Health Plan To Pay $15M To Wrap ERISA Suit
Apr-27-23 Santa Clara, CA The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The ERISA lawsuit , initially filed in 2020 by late actor and former SAG president, Ed Asner, and nine other defendants claimed that the health plan improperly denied... - Alcoa Fights Retirees’ ERISA Lawsuit over Health Benefits Plan
May-10-22 Evansville, IN In December 2020, Alcoa USA Corp. retirees brought an ERISA lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana to block Alcoa’s announced plan to change the way in which it provided collectively bargained retiree health benefits. The changes at issue in Kaiser v. Alcoa USA Corp. (originally captioned Simpkins v. Alcoa USA Corp. ) became... - Michigan Patient Billed Over $1,000 for Sitting in the Waiting Room
Feb-23-18 Grand Rapids, MI: Judy Burton did what most people do when they begin suffering unexplained pains while at home on a Saturday evening: she proceeded to the nearest emergency room to get checked out. The Michigan resident told FOX 17 News (11/17/17) that she wound up not requiring treatment after her pains subsided and after about an hour simply left the w... - Unum Subpoenaed by New York Attorney General
Aug-5-10 Chattanooga, TN The insurance company Unum was recently subpoenaed by New York's attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, in connection to allegations of fraud over how insurers pay benefits on life insurance after the policy holder passes way. Cuomo and his office are investigating a number of insurance companies over the practice of retaining funds from li... - Bone Transplant - the Repercussions
May-16-06 After having blood tests because her bone transplant might be contaminated, Christine was later denied mortgage insurance! Hadn't she gone through enough pain and suffering? "After my bone transplant I purchased a house but have not been able to get mortgage insurance," says Christine Cox (not her real name) from Alberta, Canada. "I had to disclose these... - Benefits Plan Manager Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Fraud
May-9-10 New Haven, CT An employee savings plan under the provisions and protections of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is valued in that employees of such an employee stock plan or employee 401K attempting to put funds away for retirement have recourse in the event of unnecessary risk, mismanagement or misappropriation by those in a positio... - Is a Health Plan Liable for the Negligence of an Unqualified Claims Reviewer?
Oct-23-18 Sherman, TX Johnson v. UnitedHealthcare raises more questions than it answers about how ERISA protects health plan participants who bring bad faith insurance lawsuits over denied medical claims. Stephen Johnson had more than his share of hardship. The law hasn’t helped him. But it’s a complicated story that will affect claimants and health in... - California Voters Weighed In: Gig Workers are Independent Contractors
Nov-12-20 Santa Clara, CA Proposition 22, approved by California voters in November, has classified drivers for app-based companies as independent contractors . Ten million votes were counted and the resolution led by nearly 2 million votes. The ballot measure was considered a last-ditch effort by gig companies to get around California’s AB5 law, whic... - Couple Sues Health Company, Alleges ERISA Not Applicable
Apr-10-10 Denver, CO A lawsuit recently heard by an appeals court alleges that ERISA does not govern their insurance plan and that, as a result, the plaintiffs should be allowed to sue their insurance company. According to the 4/07/10 issue of the Durango Herald, Stephen Dobbs worked for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. His son had a rare skull condition and r...