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Government-Mandated Closures, Direct Physical Loss, and the Explosion of Litigation Seeking Business Interruption Insurance Coverage

6 May 2020, 9:12 am by Benjamin Mitchel and Philip R. Stein

Co. v. [read post]

Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch - http://www.financialserviceswatchblog.com/

McKennon Law Group PC Wins ERISA Disability Trial against Long-Term Disability Insurer MetLife

7 Apr 2020, 10:15 am by guruprasad.shettigar@thomsonreuters.com

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

After McKennon Law Group PC Aggressively Won Case and Filed Attorney’s Fees Motion, District Judge David O. Carter Awards Plaintiff in ERISA Disability Case Nearly $90,000 in Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Interest

20 Mar 2020, 8:12 am by anna.middleton@thomsonreuters.com

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., 560 U.S. 242, 245 (2010) concluded that a plan participant is eligible to recover “reasonable attorneys’ fees” if he achieved “some degree of success on the merits” of his claim. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

After McKennon Law Group PC Aggressively Won Case and Filed Attorney’s Fees Motion, District Judge David O. Carter Awards Plaintiff in ERISA Disability Case Nearly $90,000 in Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Interest

18 Mar 2020, 9:42 am by anna.middleton@thomsonreuters.com

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., 560 U.S. 242, 245 (2010) concluded that a plan participant is eligible to recover “reasonable attorneys’ fees” if he achieved “some degree of success on the merits” of his claim. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

Second Circuit Finds That Nurses Are Professionals, Even if They Work for Insurance Carriers

30 Jan 2020, 6:39 am by Greg Mersol

Aetna Life Insurance Co., Case No. 18-3271-cv (Jan. 14, 2020), the plaintiff was a registered nurse who worked as a nurse consultant for a health insurance carrier, responsible for reviewing appeals regarding health benefit claims. [read post]

Employment Class Action Blog - http://www.employmentclassactionreport.com/

The Basics of an ERISA Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claim – Part Eight: Impact of Social Security Disability Insurance on an ERISA Disability Insurance Claim

28 Jan 2020, 3:05 am by karthik.t@thomsonreuters.com

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

Registered nurse is not entitled to FLSA overtime

17 Jan 2020, 7:45 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

Aetna Life Insurance Co., issued on January 14. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Los Angeles Daily Journal Publishes Article on November 19, 2019 by Robert McKennon Entitled “Leveling the Field Between Insurers and Disability Claimants”

19 Nov 2019, 10:00 pm by r.m@thomsonreuters.com

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

The Basics of an ERISA Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claim – Part Seven: Wrongful Insurer Practices and Full and Fair Review Requirement

11 Nov 2019, 10:00 pm by r.m@thomsonreuters.com

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

Disability Insurance Companies Evaluate Occupations Based on “National Economy” Rather Than The Claimant’s Actual Job- Is This Permitted?

7 Oct 2019, 2:01 pm by Bonny Rafel

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

New Jersey Disability Lawyer Blog - http://www.newjerseydisabilitylawyerblog.com/

Speca v. Aetna: “Rush to Judgment” in Just 14 Days Violates ERISA Rights to Full and Fair Review and Appeal

22 Aug 2019, 11:17 am by Stephen Hodges

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

California Insurance Litigation Blog - http://www.mslawllp.com/category/insurance-blog/

The Likes of Sedgwick, Reed Group, Cigna, or Aetna Can Have a Conflict of Interest When Acting as a Third-Party ERISA Claims Administrator

3 Apr 2019, 4:23 pm by Kantor & Kantor LLP

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. [read post]

California Insurance Lawyer Blog - http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/

Group Health Plans Cannot Categorically Exclude Coverage for Gender Dysphoria, Say Two More Federal Courts

4 Oct 2018, 6:33 am by Nathaniel M. Glasser and Cassandra Labbees

Aetna Life Insurance Co., 228 F. [read post]

Health Employment And Labor - http://www.healthemploymentandlabor.com/

MedImmune prevails over Abbvie at CAFC in a Humira case

5 Feb 2018, 11:16 am by Lawrence B. Ebert

Phillips Petroleum Co., 339 U.S. 667, 674 (1950) (same);Aetna Life Ins. of Hartford, Conn. v. [read post]

IPBiz - http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/

It's Tamper Time!

20 Oct 2017, 8:58 am by Joe Consumer

Aetna Life and Casualty Co., the New York Supreme Court said these ads "violate[d] the state public policy against jury tampering, unduly burden[ed] plaintiffs' right to an impartial jury, and distort[ed] the trial process by providing otherwise inadmissible insurance evidence... [read post]

The Pop Tort - http://www.thepoptort.com/

Surveillance and Social Media Investigations by Long-Term Disability Insurance Companies

17 Oct 2017, 2:56 pm by Matt Pulle

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

Tennessee Disability and Life Insurance Blog - http://www.nashvilleinsurancelawyer.com/

Surveillance and Social Media Investigations by Long-Term Disability Insurance Companies

17 Oct 2017, 2:56 pm by Matt Pulle

Aetna Life Ins. [read post]

Tennessee Disability and Life Insurance Blog - http://www.nashvilleinsurancelawyer.com/

ERISA And Medical Necessity And Short Term Disability Benefits

9 Jul 2017, 5:53 am by Mark S. Humphreys

Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al. [read post]