On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Mar 20, 2020 | Benefits, Disability Insurance, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Insurance Litigation Blog
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), an employee who prevails in a lawsuit against his insurance company to collect ERISA-governed plan benefits – including life, health, disability or accidental death benefits – is entitled to recover...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Mar 18, 2020 | Benefits, Disability Insurance, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), an employee who prevails in a lawsuit against his insurance company to collect ERISA-governed plan benefits – including life, health, disability or accidental death benefits – is entitled to recover...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jul 26, 2019 | Bad Faith, Disability Insurance, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Health/Medical Insurance, Insurance Litigation Blog, Legal Articles
Since 2004, when the California Supreme Court ruled that a “portion” of contingency attorney’s fees are recoverable in bad-faith insurance cases, plaintiffs and their lawyers have been able to recover attorney’s fees based in part on the specific terms of the...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Feb 13, 2018 | Disability Insurance, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Legal Articles
Challenging a wrongfully denied claim for life, health, long-term disability or accidental death and dismemberment benefits can be a very time-consuming endeavor for law firms handling these types of cases. The resources required to fight a sophisticated insurer can...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Feb 13, 2018 | ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, News
Most employee benefits are governed by a federal law called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), including life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, pensions and other benefits offered by employers to their employees through...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Oct 11, 2017 | Bad Faith, Duty to Defend, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Litigation Blog, Life Insurance, Punitive Damages
On August 31, 2017, the California Court of Appeal discussed a variety of topics touching upon important matters in insurance “bad faith” litigation in Pulte Home Corp. v. Am. Safety Indemnity Co., 14 Cal.App.5th 1086 (Aug. 31, 2017). In this blog, we discuss the case...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 24, 2017 | Case Updates, Duty to Defend, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News
We all know the maxim that “bad facts make bad law.” Two years after J.R. Marketing, LLC prevailed in the Court of Appeal concerning its dispute with its commercial general liability insurer, Hartford, it ran out of luck before the California Supreme Court in its...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 24, 2017 | Case Updates, Duty to Defend, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News
We all know the maxim that “bad facts make bad law.” Two years after J.R. Marketing, LLC prevailed in the Court of Appeal concerning its dispute with its commercial general liability insurer, Hartford, it ran out of luck before the California Supreme Court in its...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jun 27, 2013 | Case Updates, Duty to Defend, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News
If you want to read an important case on Cumis counsel and the consequences to insurers who fail to fulfill their obligations relating thereto, we have one for you. J.R. Marketing LLC v. The Hartford Cas. Insurance Co., __ Cal.App.4th __ (May 17, 2013). This case...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Jan 21, 2013 | Case Updates, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, Discovery, ERISA, ERISA - Abuse of Discretion, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
In what may be a matter of first impression, Judge Cormac J. Carney of the United States Federal District Court for the Central District of California denied Sun Life and Health Insurance Company’s Objections to Proposed Judgment in an ERISA long-term disability...
