Ortiz Law Firm is dedicated to helping people recover the disability benefits they deserve. We handle group Long Term Disability (LTD) claims, individual disability insurance policy claims, ERISA disability claims, and Social Security Disability claims.
Case Name: Rose Bigham v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle Type of Claim: Long Term Disability Insurance Company: Liberty Life Assurance Company of …
With De Novo Review Court Should Conduct Bench Trial On The RecordRead More
Case Name: Ross Williams v. Standard Insurance Company Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Date of Decision: April 19, 2017 Type of Claim: Long Term Disability under the Employee Retirement Insurance Security …
Court Rules That The Plan Administrator’s Decision Was SupportedRead More
Case Name: Wilkinson v. Sun Life and Health Insurance Company, d/b/a Sun Life Financial Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Date of …
Sun Life Abused It’s Discretion in Terminating ClaimRead More
Ursula Mayer (“Mayer”) was an employee of Mercy Health Services, LLC (“Mercy”) and was covered under a long-term disability insurance policy that was issued by Cigna Group Insurance (“Cigna”). She claimed that she was totally disabled according to …
Court Unable to Determine If Plan is a Church Plan or NotRead More
In Dardick v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America and First Unum Life Insurance Company, Unum succeeded in denying the claimant long-term disability insurance benefits. Dardick filed a lawsuit after Unum Life Insurance Company of America denied …
Unum Succeeds In Denying LTD Claim For Cardiac ImpairmentsRead More
Case Name: Susan Till v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, on appeal from the U.S.D.C. for the Middle District of Alabama. Date of Decision: January 30, 2017 Type of Claim: Long …
Radiologist Technologist Failed to Provide Adequate Documentation to Support ClaimRead More
Case Name: Raymond M. Tash, DDS v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Pacific Dental Services, Inc., Employee Benefit Plan Court: United States District Court Central District of California Type of Claim: Long Term Disability Insurance …
Court Holds That MetLife Undermined the ERISA ProcessRead More
In this case, Fredrick Smith (“Smith”) was employed as a plant manager for Charles Craft, Inc. (“Craft”) reaching back to the 1970’s. Through his job, he held group policies with Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”). Two of these …
Court Reinstates Plant Manager’s Long Term Disability BenefitsRead More
Case Name: Curtis Slaton v. Standard Insurance Company Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Date of Decision: January 26, 2016 Type of Claim: Long Term Disability Insurance Company: Standard Insurance …
Claimant’s Failure to Report Symptoms Led to Claim DenialRead More
In this case, Shenita Sapp (“Sapp”) sought to recover long term disability benefits that were denied by the administrator of her plan. Sapp argued that the claims administrator, Sedgwick Claims Management Services (“Sedgwick”) was acting in an …
Court Rules Sedgwick’s Improper Decision was Reasonably SupportedRead More
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