Disability Claim Ruling Holds ERISA Fiduciary Duty Lessons
Every claim for group long-term disability benefits requires input from the claimant’s employer […]
What Are Residual Disability Benefits?
If an illness or injury has impacted your ability to work, disability insurance can protect you and your family from financial hardship by insuring a portion of your lost income. Even if you have a disability, you may still be able to work […]
Court OKs insurer’s application of self-reported symptom limit
Many medical conditions that result in a disability cause an individual to be disabled not on account of medical test findings, but due to the symptoms caused by the disabling impairment.[…]
Collecting Disability Benefits for Medication Side Effects
If you suffer from chronic pain or another disabling condition, you probably take medication to manage your symptoms. Medications often come with side effects, including drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, and memory loss. Those side effects can be just as impairing on your ability […]
Predicting the Future Course of Employee Benefits Litigation
There is no shortage of new and interesting employee benefits court decisions. And there is no shortage of new and interesting decisions that do not directly impact employee benefits but have a significant indirect impact […]
Benefits Ruling Raises Jury Trial Question For ERISA Cases
Should there be jury trials in Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefit denial cases? A recent ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Phillips v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada,[1] has reopened the debate […]