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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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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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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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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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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Quadrino Schwartz obtained an important decision in one of the three class actions spearheaded by Quadrino Schwartz. The decision was recently featured on the front page of the New York Law Journal (3/28/2005).…
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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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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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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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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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