Long-term Disability Attorneys Serving Rhode Island

Our long-term disability attorneys serve clients in Rhode Island. The law firm focuses on helping people get the disability benefits they deserve. The firm was created with this single purpose in mind.

An illness or injury that is disabling and keeps you from working can be life-altering. Because these disability claims are governed by federal law, the attorneys at Dabdoub Law Firm can represent you in your claim for benefits. We can guide you through your claim, appeal, or lawsuit because we know disability insurance laws. We have represented individuals with disability claims against all the major disability insurance companies. We know their tactics for denying or delaying disability claims.

ERISA & How it Affects You

About 80 percent of group disability insurance policies provided through an employer are governed by ERISA. ERISA is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. ERISA puts forth specific rules that must be followed by the insurance company. ERISA also has rules that must be followed by the individual seeking disability benefits. If a long-term disability claim is denied or terminated, ERISA gives you the right to appeal the insurance company’s decision. The appeal must be made directly to the insurance company.

It is important to know that the appeal of a denial or termination of long-term disability benefits may be your last chance to provide medical and nonmedical information to support your disability claim. Once a final decision is made by the disability insurance company, and it is a denial, no additional information can be added to your case. If your long-term disability appeal is denied, your next available legal step is to file a lawsuit in federal court.

Rhode Island Law

Under Rhode Island insurance law, no new or existing disability insurance policy can have language giving sole discretion to the insurance company to determine who can receive benefits. These are known as discretionary clauses. Rhode Island, and only a few other states, ban these clauses. That being said, not all disability insurance policies contain discretionary language.

Although ERISA applies, our attorneys can use Rhode Island’s ban to assist in the fight for our clients’ disability benefits. Our long-term disability attorneys handle disability insurance claims based on every medical condition, including multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic back pain.

The firm focuses on long-term disability claims, appeals, and lawsuits against all the major national disability insurance companies such as MetLife, UNUM, CIGNA, The Hartford, Aetna, Lincoln Financial, Liberty, Prudential, Mutual of Omaha, and many more.

Contact Our Disability Insurance Attorneys

Our long-term disability attorneys know how to maximize your chances of recovering long term disability benefits. ERISA is a complex area of the law. Our long-term disability lawyers are familiar with disability law and understand medical conditions.

We know how important your appeal is and how to put the law to work for you. Contact us today to speak with a disability insurance attorney.