Long Term Disability Policy Exclusions
Long Term Disability Policy Exclusions
Roughly 25% of the San Francisco Bay Area workforce will experience some kind of disabling illness or injury, but most of these employees will not know the terms of their employer-provided…
ERISA Watch – Seventh Circuit Rules that Pension Fund Can Exclude Certain Compensation In Calculation of Pension Benefits.
This week’s notable decision is Rabinak v. United Bhd. of Carpenters Pension Fund, No. 15-1717, 2016 WL 4248377 (7th Cir. Aug. 10, 2016). The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed…
Refusing to Attend an Independent Medical Examination Could Result In a Termination of Long Term Disability Benefits.
Many of our clients in San Francisco, San Jose, and all over the East Bay with ERISA-governed long term disability policies ask their attorney whether they must comply with an insurance company’s request…
ERISA Watch – Lawsuit Challenging Calculation of Long Term Disability Benefits Is Time-Barred.
This week’s notable decision is the plaintiff-unfriendly decision in Haase v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, No. CV 15-2864, 2016 WL 4076418 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 1, 2016). Haase is a long…
Can The Lack Of A Diagnosis Prevent You From Receiving Long Term Disability Benefits?
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,…
ERISA Watch – Ninth Circuit Joins Sister Circuits In Limiting Scope Of ERISA Document Penalties.
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,…
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