ERISA
Your benefit plan is a promise made to you, and that you may rely on for support. We’re experts in using the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to get you what you are owed.
Disability Benefits
Your disability insurance claim is crucial to your health and well-being. If your rights are being denied, we can make sure that your insurance company fulfills their promise to you.
Health Insurance Benefits
Health care is complicated and confusing. Insurance companies try to take advantage of this to deny you your claims. We won’t let that happen. Let our expertise defend your health.
Retirement Benefits
You’ve remained loyal to your company in the expectation that your company will provide for you in your golden years. Hold your employer accountable to its promise.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
When tragedy strikes, you shouldn’t have to fight insurance companies looking for loopholes in your policy. We’ll make sure you or your beneficiaries can collect your rightful benefits.
Life Insurance
Life insurance is an important part of financial planning and make sure that survivors receive adequate financial support. We fight for the rights of beneficiaries and coverage they deserve.
Disabling Conditions
Disabling conditions are complex. Our experienced attorneys can identify coverage issues and problematic policy limitations, guide you to perfect your disability claim, and defend you in court.
Long-Term Care Insurance
Your claim on nursing home and home care should be honored. You shouldn’t have to worry about it. We’ll fight so you have the long-term care coverage you’ve paid for.
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Severance Pact Forecloses Right To Pursue Disability Claim Later
Lawyers who represent employees in severance negotiations should be aware and take heed of the recent New York federal court ruling in Schuyler v. Sun Life Assurance Co., 2023 WL 2388757 (S.D. N.Y., March 7, 2023). That case illustrated a dangerous pitfall that may unwittingly result in unintended unfortunate consequences based on the court’s finding that an employee’s release of her employer also waived the employee’s right to sue her disability insurer. […]
Denied Sight-Unseen: Why Are Non-Examining Doctors So Prevalent in the Disability Insurance Industry?
Accessing mental health treatment can be difficult, even with health insurance. Critical laws are in place to expand access to mental health treatment by requiring equal coverage of mental health and medical/surgical care. […]
The Important Role Of Contra Proferentem In ERISA Cases
The outcome of Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases often turns on how courts interpret the meaning of specific benefit plan terms. The recently decided case of Stein v. Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 16, illustrates what happens when plan terms are unclear and can have different meanings. […]