Disability Lawyers

The lawyers in our firm are focused on helping people with disability policies and ERISA claims. Today, we want to help you understand...

The long term disability lawyers in our firm are focused on helping people with disability policies and ERISA claims. Today we are...

Many clients have the impression that once their long-term disability benefit has been approved, they need only to complete annual forms...

The treating physician rule required decision-makers to accord special deference to the opinions of treating physicians. The rule is no...

Outliers within evidence or a data set may not mean much in many areas of the law. However, with ERISA, an outlier may be all that is...

The case Laake v. The Benefits Comm., W. & S. Fin. Grp. Co. Flexible Benefits Plan, No. 1:17-CV-611 (WOB-SKB), 2021 WL 5166377 (S.D. Ohio...

We're reviving our #FAQuesday series in January 2022 to provide you and your clients with the information needed for ERISA claims. Today,...

Agroupur Inc. will soon learn the answer to how reasonable an employer must be in accommodating a disability. The dairy processor had an...

Sometimes we are asked the question if my client has a workers' comp injury, are they still allowed to file a claim for long-term...

Mr. Hornady filed a lawsuit against his employer, Outokumpo Stainless, in 2018 under the Fair Labor Standards Act due to various wage and...

The 11th Circuit in a per curium opinion recently addressed the issue of when a case accrues under the Americans with Disabilities Act...

A recent Fifth Circuit case reminds us of one of the tactics insurance companies may use to wear down claimants. As we all know, many...

One is never safe from a claim termination! All it takes is a new adjustor or new head of the disability department, or someone else...

This summer was reminiscent of the tagline from the summer box-office smash Jaws: “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the...

Most clients who have an ERISA claim are frustrated and angered when the insurance company will not pay their claim because it says they...

Does that title sound a little strange? A recent case tackled two issues that point to the strangeness of ERISA: jurisdictional law and...

The recent case Leghorn v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Civil Action No. 5:20-CV-217 (MTT) (M.D. Ga. June 23, 2021), provides another...

We have talked about the model employee benefits attorney, the model client, and the model long-term disability case from the claim...

We have talked about the model employee benefits attorney and the model client, and now we are going to talk about the model case, but...

When fighting to receive long-term disability benefits, many people (including lawyers) are surprised to learn that a long-term...