Kansas City Life Insurance Co. denied the short- and long-term disability applications of a nurse anesthetist who was allegedly taking Fentanyl on the job. The insurer said that the reason the claimant lost his job was a failed drug test after coworkers reported he...
Court holds LTD claimant did not have a pre-existing condition
On Sept. 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit held that Aetna had wrongly denied long-term disability insurance coverage to a claimant with malignant melanoma. The opinion turns on a legal issue that comes up often in LTD cases — whether the claimant...
NFL Disability Claims
The National Football League is well known for denying the valid disability claims of its players. After submitting a claim for disability benefits to the NFL, which is self-insured and administrates all NFL claims, the player is often sent to numerous "neutral"...
