Welcome to David P. Martin’s New and Updated ERISA Blog….

My name is Jason Burgett, and I am an attorney at David P. Martin, LLC.  My practice emphasizes employee benefits and ERISA litigation.  My job primarily revolves around helping clients recover disability, life insurance, health insurance, or retirement benefits that have been wrongfully terminated or denied by insurance companies or employers.  I have represented clients against Hartford, CIGNA, Unum, MetLife, Liberty Mutual, Sun Life, Guardian, and Principal, among others.  What most people don’t realize is that most employee benefit plans are governed by ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act).  ERISA is a complicated federal statute, and rules, that lay out the groundwork for your rights as a denied claimant, as well as the rights of those who have denied your claim.  Unfortunately, federal laws are stacked against those placed in the unfortunate circumstances, while the insurance companies tend to reap the benefits of such laws.

 

The purpose of this blog is not only to provide current, up-to-date information regarding recent decisions in employee benefit cases, but also to comment upon past and current trends related to the fairness and enforcement of ERISA regulations, as well as the practices currently relied upon by insurance companies to justify a termination or denial of benefits.  I welcome any comments, and for those of you who have a story you would like to share, feel free to share it here.

Posted by Jason Burgett at 3/10/2009 2:18 PM
Categories: ERISA
Tags: employee benefits David P. Martin ERISA
 

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