Disability Claimant Alleges Denials Were Based On Profit-Making Motive

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A disability insurer breached its contract and acted in bad faith when it terminated a claimant's short-term disability (STD) benefits and denied a claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the decisions were based on a profit-making motive rather than the evidence of the claimant's disability, the claimant alleges in a May 14 complaint filed in Tennessee federal court (Janet Mitchell v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, et al., No. 18-94, E.D. Tenn.).
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