New Jersey Disability Lawyer Blog

In a February 20, 2010, press release, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center announced that their review of published, peer reviewed literature, documents that depression may lead to cognitive impairment. Their research reviewed 35 studies that were published between 1991 and 2007 that investigated links between depression severity in patients and specific impairments in their…

Insurance companies are more and more using the internet to their advantage. Be careful if you are posting on the internet especially if you have provided your email address to the insurance company providing disability benefits to you. Your activity can easily be tracked on the internet- regarding your shopping, the time you spend on…

Oftentimes, we learn the most from others that have shared our experiences. In this setting, people that are disabled, seek out counsel, but obviously have never had to consult with an attorney who concentrates in disability law. There is a need for disabled people to communicate with each other when they have had a good…

Good Morning America Video Surveillance Expose in Disability Claims

The Court remands the disability claim to Johnson & Johnson to review its earlier denial, but this will certainly give them the roadmap to follow to win the next round of this case.

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…

Ms. Rafel recently won an administrative appeal filed on behalf of her client suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Prudential Insurance Company had denied benefits claiming that there was no proof that the physical symptoms were so disabling as to render him unable to work as a retail stock broker. Prudential relied solely on its own medical…