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ERISA Lawyer on Independent Medical Examinations
ERISA plans often require claimants to undergo examination by doctors selected by the plans. Even when a claimant’s treating physicians concur that he or she is totally disabled, the plans commonly seek opinions from an examining physicians regardi…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Why Are Some Divorces So Costly?
What drives divorce costs dramatically higher is one thing and one thing only: disagreement between the parties. If the husband and wife can agree on the key issues, such as property division, custody, and child support, all that remains is drafting…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
ERISA Attorney on The Importance of Hiring a “Private” Social Security Disability Lawyer when you have Long-Term Disability Benefits
The Law Offices of Allan W. Ben P.C. has experienced attorneys who do both Social Security Disability and ERISA cases. Often when you are applying or receiving Long-Term Disability Benefits you are asked by the Plan administrator to apply for Social…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Social Security Disability and Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
Sleep-related breathing disorders are evaluated under the category of impairments known as the Respiratory System –– Medical Listing 3.10. Sleep-related breathing disorders (sleep apneas) are caused by periodic cessation of respiration associated…
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Categories: Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability: Alcohol and Drugs
We recently had a client who was clearly disabled because she suffered from bad seizures. When we went to the hearing the Social Security Judge would only focus on the fact that the client was an alcoholic and not her physical disabilities. The Clien…
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Categories: Social Security Disability
Allan W. Ben P.C. practices ERISA Law in all 50 States
At Allan W. Ben P.C., we believe that we are among the very best ERISA lawyers and disability lawyers in the nation. Allan Ben has been voted in Michigan to be a top ERISA Lawyer by Dbusiness Magazine. Our ERISA law firm wants to help victims of abus…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
Michigan Family Law - Top 5 reasons couples divorce
I was reading an article recently on divorces. These are the top 5 reasons they believe couples divorce: Different values and interests Abuse — physical and emotional Alcohol and drugs Infidelity Career-related conflict What do you think?
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
Family Law and The Top 50 Divorced Cities
The Daily Beast posted a list of the 50 U.S. “divorce capitals.” The rankings noted the percent of the city’s total divorced population and the city’s 2009 divorce rate. The top five: 1) Panama City, Fla., with a total divorce…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
Michigan Family Law and Dividing an IRA
Often times in divorce cases IRAs need to be equalized. Clients always worry about tax counsequences. That is why it is always important to get the Client’s CPA involved. But an IRA transfer does not have to have tax consequnces for parties tha…
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Categories: Divorce and Family Law
ERISA Attorney - You May Want to Avoid Functional Capacity Evaluations
If you are a Long Term Disability applicant and your Long Term Disability carrier has asked for you to undergo a functional capacity evaluation you are being set up! It is not uncommon for Long Term Disability carriers to use Functional Capacity Eval…
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Categories: ERISA and Long Term Disability Claims
