Long-term disability (LTD), especially through ERISA-based insurance plans, is notoriously difficult to qualify for, particularly if you don't have an attorney. If you or a loved one is considering hiring a Philadelphia long-term disability attorney to help you with a disability claim, make sure you ask some questions first. Some of the issues you should raise include the
Today’s blog post brings us another life insurance case in which an insurer and an employer were alleged to have breached their fiduciary duty to a plan participant and his beneficiary. That case, Keith v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., et al., Case No. H-15-1030, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37263 (S.D. Tex. March 15, 2017), is now headed to
This morning, I came across a brief and interesting decision issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana addressing the scope of equitable remedies available to participants in ERISA cases. In Lauga v. Applied-Cleveland Holdings, Case No. 16-14022 SECTION: "H"(3), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173464 (E.D. La. December 15, 2016), the Court denied a