All Posts By Justin Frankel
The Law Office of Justin Frankel Cuts Through The Delay To Get Disability Benefits Paid for Cancer Patient
Our client is a vascular surgeon who is unable to perform the duties of his profession due to numerous co-morbid conditions, including Hepatitis C, fatigue, diabetes, hemochromatosis, chronic and recurrent alcoholism, hype…
Prudential Terminates Client Benefits Based on Paper Review; We Win Back His Rightful Payments
Policyholders who are on claim and receiving benefits from their Long Term Disability insurance policy are usually stunned when suddenly the insurance company decides they are no longer disabled and terminates their monthl…
Company Files For Bankruptcy And New Disability Insurance Company Terminates The Claim – the Law Office of Justin Frankel Files Federal Lawsuit And Wins Back Benefits
Our client, a 57 year old Senior Vice President of distribution and manufacturing for a large company located in Illinois, became disabled due to brachial plexopathy, non union of humeral fracture, cervical radiculopathy a…
Early Intervention Can Cut Disability Costs – Smart Business Is Also Good Business
Sun Financial Life and Integrated Benefits Institute (a purported non-profit benefits research organization) have “discovered” that employers who take a pro-active approach and get involved with their employees…
When The Doctor Is The Patient – the Law Office of Justin Frankel Article In American Chiropractic Association News
We are pleased to share an article recently published in ACA NEWS, published by the American Chiropractic Association, the largest professional association in the US representing doctors of Chiropractic. The article explor…
Prudential Denies Disability Claim Without a Real Medical Exam
Late night television commercials sell life insurance, boasting that no medical exam is required. How about a disability insurance company that doesn’t need a medical exam – in this case, to deny a claim? Maybe…
Sedgwick – A Dangerous Third Party Administrator
A recent case reveals that it is often worse to have a third party administrator reviewing and considering eligibility for long term disability insurance benefits than it is to have an insurance company considering the cla…
Successful Appeal Of UnumProvident Termination Of Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits For Surgeon
Our client is a vascular surgeon who suffers from numerous co-morbid conditions, including Chronic and Recurrent Alcoholism, Hepatitis C, Fatigue, Diabetes, Hemochromatosis, Hyperparathyroidism, Lumbosacral Disc Herniation…
EMPLOYEES DON’T ALWAYS GET TO CHOOSE – BUT YOU CAN BE PREPARED
Unlike a privately owned Long Term Care Disability Insurance Policy, where you get to choose the policy, the selection of various additional riders or policy enhancements, and the company you purchase it from, most employe…