Category: short term disability

Mutual of Omaha has a persistent history of wrongfully denying ERISA disability claims, which we see regularly in our law practice. A recent case in federal court found that the company wrongfully den...

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If Prudential has denied your disability claim, it may have little to do with your claim, but more to do with the current environment.  Frankel & Newfield’s disability law firm has received man...

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Sedgwick manages short-term disability claims for many Fortune 500 and other companies, and regularly denies disability claims for a number of reasons.  Often, they have little to do with your short ...

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At Frankel & Newfield, we have been practicing long enough to have experienced a number of events that have impacted disability insurance claimants and the disability insurance companies...

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As a four-year member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee, a federal committee which advised the US Department of Health and Human Services regarding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I have ...

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Finding a disability insurance lawyer on the internet can be overwhelming. Where there used to be three or four law firms that focused in this area of the law, today there are hundreds claiming to k...

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New research suggests that the body’s response to infection may be responsible for onset of a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), according to research from King’s College in London. The study, report...

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Letters from the disability insurance company are unnerving even in the best of circumstances. We know that our clients aren’t the only ones who see the return address and think, “What fresh hell ...

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A federal appeals court has found that an insurance company should not have denied a short-term disability claim based on a clearly diagnosed hereditary disease without first ordering an independent m...

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At Frankel & Newfield, PC, we represent people across the U.S. seeking disability benefits under long-term policies AND those with short-term disability insurance claims.  Short-term cla...

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