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Newsletter: Ending Carrier Harassment

Are you tired of getting calls from the long term disability carrier asking you all sorts of questions about your medical care, what you do around the house, when you think you’ll be able to work? Have the neighbors told you that an investigator has come around asking questions or have you seen strange vehicle in the neighborhood following you? It’s time that you understand your rights! With one call to Cavey and Barrett you can schedule an appointment and set you self free of threatening letters to you, free of threatening, harassing letters to your doctors, free of fear of...

02 November

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Don’t Delay, Call to Action!

Posted by Nancy Cavey

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If you are having financial problems because you are not getting the disability benefits you deserve, don’t delay in getting professional help. With long term disability claims, the more you wait the worse it can get. The long term disability carrier stalls, asks you for more information, harasses your doctors all the while you are in pain, unable to work and have bills piling up. Another month of waiting, another month of going further into debt while waiting for the long term disability carrier to make a decision. Why live another month under the gun? Take action! Call now and find...

02 November

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Our Congratulations Letter for the Welcome Package for New Clients

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When you become our client, we will mail you an information packet with a letter that will go a little something like this: Congratulations, you’ve made the right decision to hire Cavey and Barrett to help you with your long term disability claim. It wasn’t easy, but you’ve seen the light! You’ve taken the first and most difficult step, you’ve found the courage to come in and face the long term disability carrier to get the disability benefits you and your family deserve. Cavey and Barrett are your trusted and respected guides for you and your family on the way to getting...

02 November

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Are You the Star in a Long Term Disability Movie? How Long Term Disability Carrier’s Use Surveillance to Sabotage Your Case

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Video surveillance, under the right circumstances, can provide an overwhelming reason for the Long Term Disability carrier to deny your Long Term Disability claim. It can also capture a mere snapshot in your life and fail to reveal the complete picture of your disability. For example, surveillance may show you at a family gathering, but not show the resulting excruciating pain and misery you suffer for days after. Long Term Disability carriers use surveillance to document what you do during your day, including the activities of daily living like running...

02 November

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Long Term Disability Attorney Richard Johnson Discusses ERISA’s Effects On Clients

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Long Term Disability Attorney Richard Johnson appeared on Nicole Sandlers talk show on Air America discussing the effects that ERISA has on our clients. Nancy Cavey, a Florida based ERISA Long Term Disability attorney who handles cases in Florida, Georgia and Alabama suggests that you listen to this talk....

02 November

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Why isn’t an Award of Social Security Disability Benefits Acceptable to prove that I am Disabled Under My Long Term Disability Policy?

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The problem with disability under the Social Security program does not imply that you are disabled under your Long Term Disability policy, why? The Social Security Administration uses a five step sequential evaluation including listed impairments and an age/education grouping which was designed to manage the high number Social Security Disability claims. The Social Security program does not have any time limits on how long the benefits are paid regardless the cause of the disability, while your Social Security claim may be re-reviewed every 3 years, which much different than an ERISA claim. An ERISA Long Term Disability policy is a contract...

02 November

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My Long Term Disability Claim was denied because I Can Be a Video Surveillance Monitor: What Does That Have to Do With My Claim?

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Long Term Disability policies normally say that after the payment of two years of benefits, you must prove that you are unable to do the material and substantial duties of any occupation by which you are experienced as a result of your age, education and transferable skills. One the most common tricks is for Long Term Disability carriers to pick jobs like video surveillance monitors and justify their denial based on the existence of a job like video surveillance monitors or even day guard monitor. In Moore v. American United States Life Insurance Company, 150 cal.app 3d 610, 630, the California court...

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Closely Reading Guidelines and Your Claim for Long Term Disability Benefits

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Closely read, “return to work guidelines.” Long Term Disability carriers will routinely use these to deny Long Term Disability claims. What are the guidelines? Quite frankly, these guidelines are at best estimated return to work dates created by a former Long Term Disability medical claims consultant, obviously you can tell that any of these guidelines will provide for an early return to work and are not favorable to Long Term Disability claims applicants. Recently, Nancy Cavey, Orlando Long Term Disability attorney, came across a letter directed a treating physician asking the doctor to address the claimants ability to return to work...

02 November

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Have Predictions by Your Doctor of Improvement Led to the Long Term Disability Carrier Denying Your Benefits?

Posted by Nancy Cavey

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Long Term Disability insurance companies, including UNUM, have a habit of selectively reviewing medical records looking for statements to take out of context to justify a claims denial. For example in Pelchat v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, 2003 US District Lexis 8095 (N.D. March 2003), the Long Term Disability policy holders physician initially released her to return to work with restrictions but “shortly thereafter determined that she remained disabled.” The district court held that that was not sufficient ground to terminate the benefits and that “UNUM's reliance on Dr. Fishers release to work statement that neglected his latest prognosis...

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Your Doctor Tells You to Avoid Stress But Long Term Disability Carrier Denied Your Claim on the Basis that You Can Work: What Should You Do?

Posted by Nancy Cavey

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In case of Watson v. UNUM Provident, 185.fsupp.2d579 (N.D. 2002), the Long Term Disability claimant had heart disease and had suffered from cardiac arrest. His treating physician said that he was “at risk for sudden death on the job.” UNUM denied the Long Term Disability benefits and Watson appealed. According to the court “UNUM argument of a objective dispassionate review as the work for the available medical records in source of information that may support his adverse determination and to review more record evidence that might support the continuation of benefits.” Long Term Disability carriers have to consider stress as a factor...

Author: Nancy Cavey