Kentucky ERISA Disability & Life Insurance Claim Lawyers

Austin Mehr will be presenting on the topic of Insurance Bad Faith Litigation on Friday, July 17, 2020 beginning at 1:00 p.m. EST. Austin will be presenting along with attorneys Buddy Wheatley and Claire Parsons. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the session will be held via Zoom. Mehr was invited to present in this CLE session earlier in the year and looks forward to participating and sharing information on bad faith.

The CLE has been approved in three states (Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana) for three hours, including one ethics hour.

Austin is looking forward to seeing all of the virtual attendees!

Did you know that some state governments look at the reading levels of 3rd graders to plan prison capacities in the future?

By teaming up with The Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, we can help close the achievement gap that exists with children in our community. It starts with learning to read well.

Carnegie helps struggling children learn to read better. They have two reading specialists on staff, both educators, that assist with children in our community who fall behind in learning to read. The Carnegie after school tutoring program offers tutoring sessions to disadvantaged students with a one-time fee of $5 to enroll in the programs. Without resources available to help them read, they will fall behind in school, and their life opportunities will change forever.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to many events being postponed or canceled all around the world. In many cases, this is considered bad news for all involved. Workplaces deemed nonessential have been closed for nearly two months waiting on this period of life to pass. Fortunately, our office’s mission is still to help our clients and to be available as much as possible during this time.

To our current clients and to those seeking our services for short-term and long-term disability claims and appeals, it is important to note that we are still here to help you every step of the way. Because of the National Emergency we are all enduring, current deadlines to file claims and to submit appeal letters following the denial of a claim under ERISA have been tolled until the pandemic is resolved. According to the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Department of Labor:

All group health plans, disability and other employee welfare benefit plans, and employee benefit plans subject to ERISA or the Code must disregard the period from March 1, 2020 until sixty (60) days after the announced end of the National Emergency or such date announced by the Agencies in a future notification (the “Outbreak Period”) for all plan participants, beneficiaries, qualified beneficiaries, or claimants wherever located in determining the…time for making a claim for benefits or appealing the denial of a claim for benefits.

This means that if your appeal deadline falls within the time frame listed, you have an additional sixty days to file initial claims and to submit appeal letters following the denial of a claim from the date of the lifting of the National Emergency.

Attorney Bartley Hagerman successfully got a client’s Long-Term Disability benefits reinstated with The Hartford. Before reaching out to our office, the client had been denied long-term disability benefits from his insurance company. Attorney Hagerman’s appeal succeeded, resulting in The Hartford reversing their denial and putting our client back on claim to receive monthly benefits.

At Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers, we strive to help all of our clients in various types of cases. For long-term and short-term disability cases, we are here to help you before, during, and if needed, after the appeal process to help you get all of the benefits that you are entitled to. We are dedicated to helping you against all of the major insurance companies. For a full list of insurance companies we have worked with, click here.

If you or someone you know has been wrongfully denied benefits for long-term or short-term disability benefits, don’t wait. Contact us today to see what we can do to help you with all of your needs. Click here for a free case evaluation or call us now at (800) 249-3731.