Posts in Massachusetts

Sep 16 Massachusetts District Court finds that Lincoln Life Assurance Company Unreasonably Denied a Surgical Physician’s Assistants Long-Term Disability Benefits

A Massachusetts district court found that Lincoln Life Assurance Company of Boston (“Lincoln”) abused its discretion because it ...

Apr 19 Solari v. Partners Healthcare LTD Plan Mass D. Ct.

Partners Healthcare System Ignored Functional Capacity Evaluation Results in Terminating Disability Benefits for Massachusetts ...

Nov 03 Boston Mutual Wrongfully Applied Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion to Massachusetts Man's with MS to Deny Him Long Term Disability Benefits

The First Circuit Court of Appeals held Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Boston Mutual”) wrongfully applied the pre-existing ...

Sep 08 Massachusetts Court Rules in Favor of Chiropractor Seeking Total Disability Benefits from Continental Assurance Company After an Injury Left Him Unable to Treat Patients

A federal court in Massachusetts rules in favor of a chiropractor seeking total disability benefits from Continental Assurance ...

Oct 03 Court in Massachusetts Found Aetna Wrongfully Applied the Pre-existing Condition Exclusion in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits

In an August 6, 2018 decision the District Court in Massachusetts determined that Aetna Life Insurance Company wrongfully denied ...

Aug 02 Massachusetts Court Finds Emotional Distress not a Valid Claim Under ERISA

A Massachusetts court found emotional distress is not a valid claim under ERISA. Pamela Weddle had been receiving long-term ...