What are the Available Remedies Against an Insurance Company That Has Acted in Bad Faith?

On Behalf of | Jun 6, 2011 | Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Litigation Blog, Insurance Questions and Concepts, Punitive Damages

This article will be the second in a series of articles by McKennon Law Group PC addressing and answering basic questions concerning insurance law.  This one addresses: What are the available remedies against an insurance company that has acted unreasonably in...

Ninth Circuit Applies New Hardt Decision to Deny ERISA Participant Attorney’s Fees

On Behalf of | Jul 19, 2010 | Case Updates, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, ERISA - Attorneys' Fees, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, News

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed ERISA plan participants a big victory when they decided the important ERISA disability case of Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance, __ U.S. __ (Decided May 24, 2010)(see our blog discussion here) holding that an ERISA...