Insurance & ERISA Litigation Blog
SSDI Award Letter Helps Client Win ERISA Case
New Hope If Your Disability Insurance Claim is Denied If you file a claim for long-term disability insurance benefits, and that claim is denied, arrange at once to meet with…
McKennon Law Group Wins Case Regarding The Abuse of Discretion Standard
Good News if Your Claim for Long-Term Disability Insurance Has Been Rejected If your application for long-term disability insurance is denied, discuss your rights at once with a California life…
Is Long COVID Recognized as a Disability in California?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), around 7.5 percent of American adults have long COVID. This condition refers to a variety of symptoms that can last…
McKennon Law Group Defeats Motion to Dismiss Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim in Western Kentucky
Most Americans obtain their insurance benefits through their employment. These employee benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, disability insurance, and life insurance. Most of these benefits are governed by the…
What Should You Know if Your Insurer Wrongly Denied Your Life Insurance Claim?
Seventy-five million U.S. families depend on a life insurance policy to protect their financial security and future. As we discuss below, if you file a life insurance claim and that…
Can A Lawyer Help Me With An Insurance Lapse?
As you likely already know, there are a multitude of reasons why an insurance company may deny a life insurance claim. Among these reasons are: material misrepresentation, failure to file…
How Does ERISA Litigation Work?
According to the U.S. Department Of Labor, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is: “a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and…
First Circuit Concludes Insurer Failed to Sufficiently Analyze Claimant’s Ability to Perform the Duties of His Own Occupation Where the Insurer’s Analysis Focused Only on Whether Claimant Could Perform the Physical Requirements of His Occupation Without Considering Other Nonphysical Duties of His Occupation
In Winters v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, 2022 WL 6170588 (D. Mass. 2022), the First Circuit recently denied Liberty’s motion for a judgment on the administrative record on…
How Do You Prove a Disability Related to Mental Illness?
If you or someone you love needs to file a disability insurance claim due to a mental health condition that makes it impossible to perform your occupational duties, you are…
What Should I Do If My Life Insurance Claim Was Denied?
Life insurance policies are a smart way of financially protecting your loved ones in the future. If anyone in your family relies on your income and financial support, and will…
