Mark DeBofsky was recently profiled by Super Lawyers magazine in an article titled, “The Lawyer of Lost Causes and Bizarre Cases,” by Trevor Kupfer. The article highlights DeBofsky’s advocacy in Laborers’ Pension Fund v. Miscevic, 880 F.3d 927 (7th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Miscevic v. Estate of M.M., 138 S. Ct. 2633, 201 L. […]
When you are ill and a doctor recommends a course of treatment, you naturally assume that your health insurer will reimburse the cost. That is not always the case, though, and it is not uncommon for health insurance benefits to be denied, especially if the costs are high. Examples of types of claims that are […]
Can disability be proven by pain symptoms alone or is “objective” medical evidence required? A recent federal court ruling from Maryland, Krysztofiak v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co., 2019 WL 6528609 (D. Md., Dec. 4, 2019), offers instructive guidance in answering that question. In the Maryland case, Dana Krysztofiak, a registered nurse, had to quit […]
Mark DeBofsky and William Reynolds will be speaking at the American Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee Midwinter Meeting in Rancho Mirage, California on February 6, 2020. William Reynolds: TOP TEN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TOPICS OF 2019 (Thursday, 2/6 at 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.) The mile-high view of what happened last year in the benefits world. […]