Bank worker wants her disability benefits

PARKERSBURG - A Wood County woman claims the insurance company that should have provided her with long-term disability benefits did not do so.

Kimberly Ledsome filed a lawsuit May 22 in Wood Circuit Court against Companion Life Insurance Company through attorney Todd Wiseman of Vienna.

She says she discovered on Aug. 11 that she would be unable to return to work at Community Bank of Parkersburg because of a life-threatening health condition.

She adds that she contacted Companion Life and complied with its terms while reporting her need for long-term disability but was denied on Dec. 2 and Mar. 9.

"Despite full compliance with the terms of Community Bank of Parkersburg's plan, Companion Life Insurance Company and John Doe (plan administrator) wrongfully left Kimberly Ledsome without promised long-term disability benefits."

She charges the defendants, which include the unknown plan administrator, with breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.

Ledsome seeks an order compelling Companion Life to honor a long-term disability benefits plan.

Wood Circuit Court case number 06-C-259