HUNTINGTON — An Ohio woman is suing Prudential Insurance Company of America claiming it wrongfully terminated her benefits.
Cabell Huntington Hospital Eligible Full-time Bargaining and Non-bargaining Employees Long Term Disability Coverage and Does 1 through 5 were also named as defendants in the suit.
Caroline Eshbaugh was a qualified participant in the defendant's long-term disability plan and became totally disabled in 2017, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The defendant terminated the plaintiff's long-term disability benefits on Jan. 6, 2020, despite much evidence supporting her claim for benefits, according to the suit.
Eshbaugh claims the defendants' conclusions are contrary to her true condition and the opinions other treating physicians and the Social Security Administration.
Eshbaugh is seeking an order for the defendants to pay her benefits due under the plan with interest. She is represented by J. Patrick L. Stephens of Underwood Law Offices in Huntington.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia case number: 3:21-cv-00355