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Guardian Life Insurance Company Increases its Long Term Disability Benefits

Guardian Life Insurance Company Increases its Long Term Disability Benefits

Oct 25, 2010

The Guardian Life Insurance Company recently announced in April 2010 that they have reduced premiums...

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Sleep Apnea and the MS Patient’s Claim for Long Term Disability Benefits

Sleep Apnea and the MS Patient’s Claim for Long Term Disability Benefits

Oct 25, 2010

If you suffer from MS and are having difficulty with your long term disability claim, Nancy Cavey, e...

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Estate Planning for the Long Term Disability Claimant

Estate Planning for the Long Term Disability Claimant

Oct 25, 2010

At The Law Offices of Nancy L. Cavey, we urge our clients who are disabled because of their chronic ...

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Court Rejects Reduction of Florida First Responder’s Wage Loss Benefits By Receipt of Pension

Court Rejects Reduction of Florida First Responder’s Wage Loss Benefits By Receipt of Pension

Oct 25, 2010

If a first responder has a permanent impairment rating of at least 20% after having reached maximum ...

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Is Your Long Term Disability Carrier Threatening to Cut Off Your Benefits If You Don’t Apply for Social Security Disability?

Is Your Long Term Disability Carrier Threatening to Cut Off Your Benefits If You Don’t Apply for Social Security Disability?

Oct 25, 2010

A long term disability carrier will normally provide you with a “legal representative” that they...

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Blockbuster Decision by the Florida Supreme Court on Workers’ Compensation Attorneys Fees

Blockbuster Decision by the Florida Supreme Court on Workers’ Compensation Attorneys Fees

Oct 25, 2010

The Florida Supreme Court entered a blockbuster decision on October 23, 2008 on the Florida workers...

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How MUCH Time Does A Florida First Responder NEED to Miss to Be Disabled For Presumption Purposes?

How MUCH Time Does A Florida First Responder NEED to Miss to Be Disabled For Presumption Purposes?

Oct 25, 2010

Just because you are covered by the Florida Heart and Lung Act, does not mean you get benefits. You ...

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Essential Hypertension is NOT Covered by the Heart and Lung Presumption

Essential Hypertension is NOT Covered by the Heart and Lung Presumption

Oct 25, 2010

In an awful decision, Bivens v. City of Lakeland, 33 Fla. L. Weekly D2342b (October 2, 2008), firefi...

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Cardiac Case Law – Do I Have to Be Disabled to Benefit from the Presumption?

Cardiac Case Law – Do I Have to Be Disabled to Benefit from the Presumption?

Oct 25, 2010

The First District Court of Appeal has held in two cases that you must be disabled for the presumpti...

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