A Unum insurance claim denial lawsuit was filed by an Ohio woman, alleging Unum wrongfully denied her disability insurance claim.

Plaintiff Veronica Roederer is seeking compensation covering the months of Unum disability insurance she was denied since becoming disabled in February 2013.

The claim was approved in March, according to the Unum lawsuit, but benefits were cut off the following month when Unum asserted she was no longer disabled.

Roederer disagreed and claimed that she was disabled according to the employee benefit plan (both for short-term and long-term benefits). The Unum disability insurance lawsuit says: “Roederer is unable to perform the main duties or tasks that are normally required” by her job.  Roederer alleges that Unum wrongfully terminated her disability benefits and, “ignored [her] doctor’s opinion.”

Unum Insurance and Lawsuits

Unum is responsible for about 40 percent of disability insurance policies and has a history of being accused of wrongful termination of benefits. Unum has been faced with many Unum lawsuits and Unum class action lawsuits. Thousands of Unum lawsuits have been filed by policyholders who believed their disability insurance benefits were wrongfully terminated.

In 2002, Unum employees were interviewed for the television show “60 Minutes” and talked about how Unum rewarded those who rejected a certain number of claims, encouraging the behavior that plaintiffs and policy holders like Roederer are fighting against.

Unum disability insurance lawsuits have been generally successful, with some plaintiffs winning millions of dollars in settlements.

This Unum Disability Insurance Lawsuit is Veronica Roederer v. Unum Group Corporation and Alere Healthy Improvement Company, Case No. 2:14-cv-01536, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.