Many individuals wonder what is going to happen to their employer-sponsored health insurance coverage while they are on a medical leave of absence from work. As with most legal questions, the answer is it depends. This post addresses some of the initial factors you...
When you lose a loved one, fighting with an insurance company about the payment of life insurance benefits is probably one of the last things on your mind. All too often, though, life insurance benefits are denied on questionable bases. This post addresses three...
Attorney Danielle Schroder will speak at the Wisconsin Association for Justice Annual Summer Seminar in Door County July 10 and 11, 2015. In her presentation entitled “Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits: A Guide to Identifying, Pursuing and Appealing...
After the death of a partner and father, three beneficiaries were denied $115,000 in life insurance benefits due to them. Humana Insurance Company underpaid the claim based on two technicalities: (1) Humana claimed the decedent was not employed at the time of his...
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Young v. UPS, a case involving an employer’s denial of a pregnant employee’s request for light duty work. The law at issue is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights...
On Thursday, December 4, from 5 – 7 PM, Hawk’s Quindel’s Madison Office is hosting a women’s networking event in support of WE International, Inc., a nonprofit organization helping women at risk in Uganda and other parts of the developing world. The event...
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