Blog Home Recent Posts in the Life Insurance of North America Category Texas District Court Court Agrees BP Drilling Engineer with Chronic Pain is Entitled to Long-term Disability Benefits from Cigna Mar 22, 2021 Background Before his disability, Barry Batchelor was working as a drilling engineer for BP America. He was a BP employee from 1999 to 2000 in various ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading LINA Terminates Short-Term Disability Benefits for Head Trauma Survivor Mar 6, 2020 A man in Cumming, Georgia was in a devastating boating accident in April of 2019, which caused him to suffer severe head trauma. Due to the lingering ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Massachusetts Court Finds Emotional Distress not a Valid Claim Under ERISA Aug 2, 2018 A Massachusetts court found emotional distress is not a valid claim under ERISA. Pamela Weddle had been receiving long-term disability benefits for ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Johnson v. Life Insurance Company of North America Oct 17, 2017 In this case, decided September 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado determined that the Life Insurance company of North ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Medical Records - Consideration Or Explanation Mar 22, 2017 Medical records tell the story of someone’s medical history When filing for long term disability benefits, the medical records are the most important ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Hepatitis C Disability Benefits Approved By LINA On Appeal Feb 4, 2017 Our client was receiving long term disability benefits from Life Insurance Company of North America (“LINA”) for his Hepatitis C disability, an ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Disability Denial Letter Must Use Correct Terminology Nov 30, 2016 Have you recently received a long term disability denial letter? It is important to read it carefully and make sure all the language in the letter is ... Posted By Dabdoub Law Firm Continue Reading Page of 1