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Disabled professionals and corporate executives from around the country select Quadrino Schwartz as the law firm to negotiate their settlement, handle their litigation or manage their claim, securing their financial future. These clients quickly learn that Quadrino Schwartz has the most experienced team to handle all of their disability insurance needs. Read More » |
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Disability Insurance News
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QUADRINO SCHWARTZ OBTAINS CLASS CERTIFICATION AGAINST UNUM IN A NATIONAL CLASS ACTION
Quadrino Schwartz has obtained a ground-breaking ruling from a federal court certifying a class in a class action against UnumProvident, now called Unum. The federal Judge in Tennessee ruled on September…
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Long Awaited Legislative Victory in New York—Will Denials for Late Notice be Dead?
Both houses of the New York Legislature have passed a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from denying claims based upon alleged late filing of the claim (late notice). The late notice defense…
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Court Ruling Requires Insurance Companies to Pay Benefits to People with Pre-existing Conditions
In a key court ruling, New York's highest court ruled that disability insurers must pay claimants under group policies who have pre-existing conditions. The insurance company may only exclude the…
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Mass Mutual Getting Aggressive
Mass Mutual appears to be using the technique of suing claimants for a refund of benefits already paid on a more consistent basis. In these lawsuits, many of which have been sucessfully defended…
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Quadrino Schwartz Applauds Recent Ruling by New York State to Invalidate Discretionary Clauses in He
Firm Believes Thousands of Policyholders Will be Aided by Decision In a landmark ruling, the New York State Insurance Department has taken critical action to help thousands of New Yorkers who file health…
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Federal Court in Tennessee Refuses to Dismiss Securities Fraud Cases Against UnumProvident
The Federal judge in Tennessee who is handling most of the UnumProvident class actions in the country has dealt a blow to UnumProvident by refusing to dismiss a number of class actions filed against the…
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Federal Court Delivers Blow to UnumProvident in Class Action, Refusing to Dismiss Case Based in Part
UnumProvident's employees who owned and held some UnumProvident stock in their 401k plans brought a class action against the company. The federal court presiding over both this class action and the other…
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UnumProvident Multistate Settlement is Approved, Triggering a Reassessment of 215,00 Denied Disabili
The following story ran across the newswires on December 21, 2004. Despite the upbeat nature of these stories, Quadrino Schwartz urges all potentially affected individuals to get legal advice before…
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UnumProvident Settles with State Regulators, Agreeing to Reconsider 215,000 Denied Disability Claims
UnumProvident has reached a settlement, as part of a multistate government investigation, to reconsider 215,000 denied disability claims. Quadrino Schwartz began the fight against UnumProvident in…
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Federal Appeals Court Opens Door to Discovery and Trials in ERISA Governed Disability Cases
A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that discovery and full bench trials in ERISA governed benefit claims are appropriate where people who sue for a denied claim present sufficient evidence of a claims administrators’…
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Third Circuit Requires Courts to More Carefully Scrutinize Disability Claim Denials
In many ERISA cases, courts can only overturn a denial of benefits if the decision of the "plan administrator" (often an insurance company) was arbitrary and capricious. Many of the federal courts,…
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Federal Court in Massachusetts Delivers Stinging and Harsh Critique of UnumProvident
In a stinging and thorough opinion, a federal judge in Massachusetts awarded disability benefits to a law firm that had brought a claim on behalf of one if its former employees. In the decision, the Court…
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Quadrino Schwartz News & Press
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Anatomy of the Unum Class Action: Persistence Pays Off
Sep 8, 2007
Now that Quadrino Schwartz has obtained class certification in the first of…
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Quadrino Schwartz and Others Urge New York Insurance Commissioner to Act on Discretionary Clauses
Aug 6, 2007
Quadrino Schwartz urged the New York Insurance Commissioner to act as quickly…
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Michail Hack Invited to Teach at National Forum
Apr 14, 2007
The sponsors of the nation's premier forum on disability insurance have invited…
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Richard Quadrino to Lecture Again at National Disabilty Forum
Mar 20, 2007
Mr. Quadrino has once again been invited to speak at the nation's largest forum…
Quadrino Schwartz Court Decisions
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