A lawyer recently filed a disability insurance lawsuit against MetLife, alleging the company improperly denied his disability insurance claim.

The plaintiff, whose disability insurance lawsuit is under the pseudonym John Doe to keep his identity private from the public, has been deeply involved in the world of high-profile litigation since the 1970s.

He is a lawyer who has held positions as an Assistant United States Attorney, a First Assistant United States Attorney, a U.S. District Court Judge’s law clerk, a partner in a Philadelphia law firm, and a partner, managing partner, and chairman of another Philadelphia law firm.

Doe’s career placed him in charge of litigation of cases both civil and criminal, as well in charge of managing a law firm.

The plaintiff began his coverage by a MetLife insurance policy on October 1, 2008, when he began serving as the managing partner of the law firm. Over the years, both Doe and his fellow partners in the firm have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of premiums to MetLife.

However, when Doe became disabled, MetLife denied his legitimate insurance claim, according to the disability insurance lawsuit.

In the spring of 2007, Doe was diagnosed with a prostate infection, and began being treated by his urologist. The urologist prescribed an antibiotic which ultimately caused serious neurological side effects, landing Doe in the hospital.

Despite these complications, the lawsuit claims that Doe continued his work as long as he could. This lasted for many years, until May 2015 when his symptoms had simply become too extreme, and he sought further medical advice and treatment.

At this time, doctors discovered the neurological damage that was causing the Doe’s symptoms. Because of the severity of this damage, Doe has ceased working as a litigator and manager of the legal firm since about June 1, 2015.

On November 9, 2015, shortly after Doe stopped working, he filed for disability benefits with MetLife under his policy. A MetLife representative met with Doe on December 10, 2015, where he provided any and all documentation and answers that MetLife requested, including a medical report detailing his disabling injuries.

Despite this cooperation and evidence, MetLife declared that it will only pay the benefits promised in its policy “after [it] receive[s] written proof of loss.” Since then, to this date, Doe has not received any disability benefit insurance from MetLife and eventually ran out of administrative approaches.

Doe, a lawyer for some forty years or more, filed a disability insurance lawsuit on multiple counts, including breach of contract, bad faith, and fraud.

A growing number of people, like John Doe, are coming forward with their own claim denial cases from MetLife and other insurance companies. Some have gained thousands or millions of dollars in settlement money.

If you or someone you love has been denied their disability benefits from an insurer like MetLife, you may be able to file a disability insurance lawsuit.

The MetLife Disability Insurance Lawsuit is Doe v. MetLife, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-02265 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.