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Oct-22-24 Baltimore, MD If you’ve suffered a personal injury from another person’s negligence, fair compensation covers your lost wages, medical expenses, and damages. However, filing a personal injury claim can be tricky if you're in Maryland, so you may be unsure how to maximize your settlement. To increase your chances of getting a positive o... - First Unum: Another Bad Faith Practice
Apr-15-08 Lansing, MI Never mind your physician's diagnosis and when you can return to work. First Unum (formerly Unum Provident) has their own team of doctors to determine if you qualify for disability. And according to one policy holder, the insurance company also has employment counselors who decide which career you are better suited to—should you become... - Medicaid Patients Denied Harvoni Treatment
Jan-22-16 Indianapolis, IN: Although most of the news regarding denied Harvoni insurance claims and resulting lawsuits involves private insurance providers, it appears Medicaid is also denying patients necessary Harvoni treatment. Patients allege Medicaid and other insurance providers are playing with their lives by deeming the hepatitis C treatment not medicall... - California Labor Law and COVID-19: Top questions asked by California Workers
Mar-17-20 San Francisco, CA Putting into place public health measures to deal with COVID-19 also raises a number of California labor law issues. Employers are scrambling to navigate a new workplace, which could mean their employees working from home. And employees are anxious to understand their legal rights. Here are the top FAQ’s asked by employees. 1... - Tips for Maximizing Your Compensation in a Malpractice Case
Oct-11-24 Santa Clara, CA Medical malpractice happens when a healthcare expert, via omission or negligent act, injures or causes harm to patients. If you suffer any harm or are injured because of a healthcare professional’s negligence, you’re entitled to compensation. However, your settlement amount primarily depends on how you handle your medical malpr... - Unum Insurance Company: Judge and Jury
Jun-22-07 San Diego, CA In 2001, Dianne Tomlin got a job working full-time for a Liz Clairborne outlet which provided her with an Unumprovident (now called Unum Insurance ) group policy which covered short and long term disability. Just about one year later, the bomb hit: she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Tomlin (not her real name) had one breast removed and... - Advocates Decry Harvoni Denied Insurance as Shortsighted
Aug-4-15 Washington, DC Advocates who rail against Harvoni Denied Insurance claims make the point that yes, Harvoni is an extremely expensive drug costing as much as $94,500 for a single round of treatment. However, when compared to the cost of a liver transplant, the Harvoni option is a bargain. Sally Pipes, President of the Pacific Research Institute, note... - Consumer Lawyer Dee Miles explains Annuities and Allianz
May-8-07 Montgomery, AL: A lawsuit was recently filed against Allianz Insurance Company , alleging it sold annuities to seniors without telling them they may not have access to their savings for up to15 years. This constitutes elder abuse as well as fraud. How can this happen to our senior citizens? LawyersandSettlements.com interviews consumer lawyer Dee Miles. ... - Former Head of Third-Party Billing Company on trial for Health Care Fraud
Jul-21-22 Islip, NY A number of elements go into the calculation of emergency room fees . Apart from the cost of providing care, hospitals must factor in reasonable expectations that some bills will go unpaid and that insurance companies will try to negotiate certain charges down – sometimes because of suspicions of healthcare fraud. The net effect, however... - Canadians Are Targets for Emergency Room Overcharges
Apr-28-15 Chico, CA After Jonathan crashed his motorbike on a northern California racetrack, he was ambulanced to a nearby hospital where x-rays showed he had a broken clavicle. After his return home to Canada, emergency room charges soon followed. “I knew something was wrong with my shoulder and I slipped in and out of consciousness for about 10 minute... - Oxford Insurance: Poor Decisions affect Patients' Health
Nov-10-06 Oxford, MA: While other insurance companies are settling their lawsuits, Oxford Insurance is still in arbitration in a suit brought by a group of New Jersey doctors. Along with Oxford Insurance, Cigna Healthcare, United Healthcare, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield were all named in the lawsuit which was filed in 2002 on behalf of at least 40,000 New... - Blue Cross Insurance Leaves Patient with the Bill
Sep-29-06 Torrance, CA Eve H. thought she had covered all her bases when she signed up for Blue Cross insurance. Although she had occasional minor pain for which she took Glucosamine, she made sure Blue Cross was aware of her situation to avoid any trouble from the insurance company. After she was approved for Wellpoint Blue Cross insurance , Eve decided to... - $600,000 Settlement with LINA and CIGNA for Claims Handling Violations in California
The California Department of Insurance has announced a settlement agreement with Life Insurance Company of North America ("LINA") to resolve allegations of disability insurance claims handling violations. In addition to paying a fine, LINA agreed to make changes in its claims handling policies and procedures, and to review previously closed claim... - Zurich Price-Fixing Class Action Settled for $150 Million
A $150 million settlement has been approved in the class action against Zurich Financial Services and insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. The suit alleged that the defendants engaged in price fixing between 1994 and 2005. Estimates suggest that there may be 3.79 potential class members who qualify as beneficiaries of the settlement. Under the... - Allstate Settles Bad-Faith Insurance Suit for $4 Million
Allstate Insurance Co, has agreed to settle a bad-faith insurance lawsuit brought by Metropolitan Business Management, a property management firm, for $4 million. MBM alleged that Allstate refused to defend it in a lawsuit over a Malibu property sale. The buyer of the Malibu property had alleged that MBM and conspired with the seller to prevent the sal... - Insurance Companies Reluctant to Pay Claims
Feb-20-06 Carey Johnson (not her real name--she requested anonymity due to an ongoing issue with her insurer) has been disabled since 1991. She has also been battling with her insurance company for the past 15 years for compensation that is due her. Carey never knows from one month to the next if her disability check will be in the mail. She suffers from [ fibromy... - Washington Insurer to Cover Developmental Disabilities
Nov-9-14 Seattle, WA Regence BlueShield will settle two Washington insurance lawsuits and has agreed to cover neurodevelopmental disability therapies, according to reports. This makes the insurance company the third of the three largest to face insurance lawsuits concerning neurodevelopmental disability therapy. The settlement, which was announced following a s... - More Denied Disability Lawsuits against Unum
Nov-1-14 New York, NY It isn’t surprising that long-term disability (LTD) coverage has seen a six percent decline from 2009 to 2013, given that Unum, or Unum Provident , the top disability insurer in the US., is still wrongfully denying long-term disability benefits, according to its policyholders. Last week an Unum lawsuit was filed by a New York polic... - Family of Las Vegas man denied cancer treatment awarded $200M verdict in insurance bad faith lawsuit
May-11-22 Las Vegas, NV (April 26, 2022) A jury awarded $40 million in compensatory damages and $160 million in punitive damages to the family of a Las Vegas man who died after being wrongfully denied a specific type of cancer treatment. Sierra Health and Life, a UnitedHealthCare Company, denied Bill Eskew’s claim for proton beam therapy (PBT). Sandy Eskew, th... - Illinois Employment Labor Law
Illinois labor law lawsuits allege violations of Illinois state labor laws including overtime pay and minimum wage violations. The rights of employees in Illinois are protected by a number of laws including the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)...