Articles Posted in Recent Court Decisions of Interest

The NJ Senior District Court Judge holds against a woman suffering from the cognitive and fatiguing effects of her treatment and illness, despite her own doctor’s agreement that she remains disabled.

Summer of 2009 New Jersey Long Term Disability Cases Analyzed – Part I

In this New Jersey disability claim based on a back condition including disc herniations, the Court affirmed the District Court’s opinion and outlines some important pointers to keep in mind when proving in an ERISA case that the insurer’s procedural irregularities require the denial to be overturned. The Court faulted Liberty who was acting under…

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued a disappointing decision in Shore Orthopedic Group, LLC v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 972 A. 2d 381 (NJ 2009) with regard to the payment of counsel fees in insurance disputes. Shore Orthopedic had purchased a disability policy to cover some of the expenses…