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Willeford & Toledano: Experienced Legal Help For ERISA Claims
You spent years working for your employer, always striving to meet your goals and do an excellent job. Over the last year, though, the physical labor started getting more difficult. You were always out of breath. Eventually, it got so bad that you couldn’t even work...
If you are making an ERISA claim or appealing a claim that has been denied, you may be thinking about hiring an attorney to help you through the process. What qualities should you look for in that attorney? What skills do they need to bring to the table? Perhaps the...
When you suffer from a disability, it’s important that you have the right financial support. Sometimes, it’s difficult to show the injury you have, and that could result in a denial. The good news is that you can get a second medical opinion to back up any evidence...
The loss of muscle function can be sudden or gradual, but it has the capacity to affect your life completely. For some, this just happens for a short time and they recover. For others, the loss of function is for life and may even get worse over time. To fully...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was passed by Congress to help protect workers. Many people don’t understand what this act means for them or even when it applies, however. There are a few specific points that you should know that might help you to...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is designed to protect your retirement assets. Without this, there could be a potential for fiduciaries to take advantage of plans, misusing or spending down funds. Every employee who has an ERISA-covered plan should...
Completing your ERISA application is one of the most crucial form filling exercises you will do in your life. In your eagerness to file your claim, it can be easy to make mistakes that see your claim delayed or denied. Here are a few common mistakes people make when...
When employees sign up for disability benefits through their employer, they likely look at it as emergency protection that they will probably never need. Few people ever plan to collect on disability benefits. Unfortunately, life has a way of completely altering...
A cancer diagnosis is shocking for anybody, especially if their early symptoms are mild. Before you even have time to recover your emotional footing, however, you suddenly have to manage doctor visits, treatments and new medications -- all the while feeling like you...
You were smart: You invested in your employer’s long-term disability insurance option when you first started working, even though you were young and healthy at the time. You’re still young -- but not quite so healthy. You think it may be time to file for disability...
