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Quadrino Schwartz Court Decisions
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September 05, 2007
In a long awaited court decision of national significance, Quadrino Schwartz has obtained class certification of its first-in-the-nation class action against UnumProvident. The court certified a…
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June 10, 2007
A federal court in Connecticut has awarded summary judgment to an operating room nurse, a client of Quadrino Schwartz. Aetna had denied the claim entirely, relying upon a faulty interpretation…
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February 13, 2006
Quadrino Schwartz prevailed in a lengthy legal battle for its client in an ERISA-governed long term disability litigation. The client's benefits were terminated in 1996 after illness and injury rendered…
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February 04, 2006
Jury Rejects First Unum’s Tactics and Renders Total Disability Verdict Quadrino Schwartz has dealt a blow to First Unum and obtained a long-awaited trial victory for its client. The jury found in…
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December 21, 2005
After years of bad faith litigation by First Unum, Quadrino Schwartz obtained an important ruling from a New York appeals court against disability insurer First Unum for its client, a former dental hygienist…
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March 28, 2005
Quadrino Schwartz obtained an important decision in Weiller v. New York Life Ins. Co, one of the three class actions spearheaded by Quadrino Schwartz. The decision was recently featured on the front page…
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January 11, 2005
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- In one of the class actions pending against UnumProvident (NYSE:UNM), a Federal Court in Massachusetts rejected a last-minute tactical maneuver by UnumProvident that…
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August 13, 2004
Kellner v. First UNUM, 03-Civ-5497 (Southern District, New York) In a resounding victory for a client, Quadrino & Schwartz has obtained an order from a federal court in New York requiring First UNUM…
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January 28, 2004
Kolb v. Paul Revere, 355 F.3d 1132 (8th Cir. 2004) Our client, an orthopedic surgeon, could no longer perform surgeries because he was legally blind in one eye and had diminished vision in his other eye.…
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October 30, 2003
Pearl v. Monarch Life Insurance Company, 289 F. Supp. 2d 324, 31 Employee Benefits Cas. 1936 (E.D.N.Y., October 30, 2003). Dr. Pearl sued three different disability buy-out insurers that had issued such…
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October 29, 2003
Westlaw at 2003 W.L. 224 55481 (2d Cir., October 29, 2003) and also at 78 Fed. Appx. 787. Mr. Napoli suffered a severe heart attack and could no longer work in his former high stress position in the financial…
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April 29, 2003
Keir v. Unum Provident Corp., 2003 WL 2004422, 30 Employee Benefits Cas. 1598 (S.D.N.Y. April 29, 2003) Quadrino Schwartz commenced the nation’s first disability insurance class action against UnumProvident…
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August 22, 2002
Full text of this decision is available in Westlaw @ Keir v. UnumProvident et al., 2003 WL 21997747 UnumProvident's failures to act responsibly resulted in the destruction of over 800 email computer backup…
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November 19, 2001
Connors v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 272 F.3d 127, 27 Employee Benefits Cas. 1014 (2d Cir., November 19, 2001.) US District Court Judge John Martin had dismissed the disability case of…
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May 24, 2000
Searles v. First Fortis Life Insurance Company, 98 F. Supp.2d 456 (S.D.N.Y May 24, 2000). Mr. Searles was the owner of a large plastics manufacturing company. The company purchased a group disability insurance…
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