by Carrie J. Feit | Aug 29, 2019 | Blog
A district court in Pennsylvania handled a Long Term Disability case with common sense, meaningfully applying case law relating to procedural irregularities and conflict of interest. This is NOT common practice and worth naming, as ERISA attorneys and claimants know...
by Carrie J. Feit | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog
Future blog posts will be coming along shortly.
by Carrie J. Feit | Mar 5, 2010 | Archive
A district court found in favor of a CFIDS ERISA claimant, and against Provident’s conclusion that the claimant could perform “any occupation” based on its Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), surveillance, and the fact that the claimant worked after she began...
by Carrie J. Feit | Feb 16, 2010 | Archive
Existing ERISA law regarding equitable liens provides that only an “identifiable fund” of money can be recovered since ERISA is an equitable statute and does not allow recovery of pure money damages. Based on such ERISA tenet, a Middle District of Florida court denied...
by Carrie J. Feit | Feb 10, 2010 | Archive
An Illinois district court, after remand by the Seventh Circuit, recognized that CIGNA’s disregard of an ERISA claimant’s award of SSDI benefits, after providing an advocate to the long term disability claimant to secure the same, added weight to the notion that CIGNA...