Our Bay Area clients often ask us whether they need a definitive diagnosis in order to receive long term disability benefits under their employer’s ERISA-governed group disability plan. For some,…
This week’s notable decision is Lee v. ING Groep, N.V., No. 14-15848, __F.3d__ (9th Cir. July 25, 2016), where the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the First, Second, Third,…
Long term disability insurance companies have a hard time accepting that a disability claimant does not need to be a complete shut-in to qualify for disability benefit payments. Many of…
Every good long term disability lawyer knows that getting a claim approved requires more than just showing that her client suffers from a disabling health condition. There are nearly two…
The majority of long term disability plans offset for income that you receive from other sources. Most people are not aware of these offsets until faced with a significant reduction…
Happy Tuesday! This week's notable decision is Backman v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. 14-CV-05433-YGR, 2016 WL 3180016 (N.D. Cal. June 8, 2016), a case involving de novo…

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