Category: Disability Tips
Frank N. Darras Authors Article on Disability Tips for Laid Off Workers
Posted January 13, 2023
Legal Reader published Frank N. Darras’ article on the legal rights of people living with disabilities who were laid off. The article “Casualty of a Round of Serious Layoffs? Know These Long-Term Disability Tips” explains how disability insurance (including short-term and long-term policies) will play out for someone who’s been laid off in Silicon Valley, […]
Chronic Fatigue & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Posted October 29, 2021
Commonly known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease that, according to the CDC, may affect as many as 2.5 million Americans. Unfortunately, most active cases reportedly remain undiagnosed. The disease causes a range of different symptoms, although not all of these are present in every case. In general, however, chronic fatigue causes […]
Claim Denied By Aetna? Tips To Help Strengthen Your Appeal
Posted October 26, 2021
Aetna is one of the largest and best-known disability insurance providers in the United States. The company has been known to collect tens of billions of dollars in revenues from premiums alone. As you can guess, Aetna is not always so quick to pay valid long-term disability (LTD) claims to policyholders and will do what […]
Returning to Work with a Disability
Posted October 22, 2021
According to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 17.9% of Americans with a disability were in some kind of employment in 2020. This is a slightly smaller proportion of the disabled community in the workforce than recorded in previous years, with the pandemic being the biggest factor in the reduction. If you’ve […]
Disability Lawyer Hiring Tips
Posted January 20, 2021
1. Confirm that your lawyer exclusively litigates individual and/or group disability, insurance and ERISA claims. Disability law is highly specialized and differs significantly from personal injury or other areas of the law. A general practice attorney is often not equipped to competently handle cases involving individual or group disability benefits. Specialization is required and is […]
10 Important Questions to Ask a Disability Firm Before You Hire Them
Posted October 22, 2020
1. Does the firm specialize in disability insurance law? DarrasLaw is the largest disability and long-term care insurance litigation firm in the nation focusing EXCLUSIVELY on individual and group long-term disability cases for policyholders. We are the most honored and highly decorated firm in the country. Our founding partner, Frank N. Darras has seen, evaluated, […]