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Injured on the Job? Learn more about Workers' Compensation
1. If you need medical attention immediately seek a doctor. 2. Report the injury to your supervisor. Make sure that the injury is properly logged or recorded by your supervisor. 3. When getting medical attention for your injury, take note of the name…
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Negotiating a Long Term Disability Settlement or Buyout
A buy out of your LTD benefits may or may not be in your best interests. Our office frequently negotiates settlements and policy buyouts for our clients. A successful case usually results in reinstatement of benefits or a lump sum payment from the in…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Disability Insurance - UnumProvident
UnumProvident is one of the leading providers of short-term and long-term disability insurance in the United States. UnumProvident’s subsidiaries are Colonial Life, Provident Life, and Paul Revere. It has previously been accused of failing to pay c…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Allan Ben Was Successful in Another Social Security Disability Case
Metro Detroit, Michigan attorney Allan W. Ben received a favorable decision from Social Security Disability Administration today. The client diagnosed with “moderate mitral valve stenosis and moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation”. The cl…
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Categories: Social Security Disability
Courts Can Sometimes Review New Evidence in Long-Term Disability Cases
Insurance companies are very good at making their denial of long-term disability benefits look substantial and well-founded, at least on paper. In reality, however, a look beyond the administrative record into the actual process that the administrato…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Allan Ben named Top Lawyer
Allan Ben was named a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine in the areas of Workers’ Compensation, ERISA-Long Term Disability, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Law.
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Long-Term Disability Policies - Read the Definitions!
When reading your Long-Term Disability policy, pay careful attention to definitions of “disability,” “time limits,” “elimination periods,” “offset provisions,” “mental and nervous limitations,” and “partial disability.” These…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Workers’ Compensation-Negotiating a Settlement of Benefits
People are often getting paid either voluntarily their Workers’ Compensation benefits or were awarded them after a trial. Many of these people do not want to deal any longer with the Workers’ Compensation insurance company and wonder what can be…
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Fault is Not Always a Factor in Workers’ Compensation
We often received many phone calls from potential clients who wonder whether or not they can apply for Workers’ Compensation when no one was at fault for their injury. Workers’ Compensation is considered a “no fault” insurance system because…
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Categories: Workers' Compensation
Long-Term Disability and Government Employees
Long-Term Disability policies that are provided to employees by private employers are normally enforceable in federal court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). However, ERISA does not apply to long term disability plans…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
