Obtained disability retirement and a cash settlement for a postal employee, thus allowing him to relocate from Florida to New York to be with his family in order to recover from a medical condition.
Achieved reinstatement of a Federal Air Marshall with full back pay and benefits for a total compensation of over $100,000 after his termination.
Obtained reversal of a denial of disability retirement for a postal employee by the OPM, plus attorneys fees from the MSPB.
A law firm is currently investigating claims made against Coca-Cola concerning the company’s pension plan for employees. According to reports, Coca-Cola made substantial changes to the pension plan for its employees. The new plan included many disadvantages for employees, which were not disclosed to them. The company changed the pension plan to a cash-balance plan, [...]
Several healthcare providers, ambulatory surgical centers, chiropractic associations, and durable medical equipment providers have recently joined in on a class action ERISA lawsuit filed against UnitedHealthcare. The lawsuit was initially filed on January 24, 2011 by a small group of chiropractors for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by UnitedHealthcare subsidiary OptumHealth. The [...]
Air Transport Manufacturing Corp. based in Sun Valley, California was recently ordered to pay back employee ERISA funds. When the aircraft equipment and parts manufacturer went out of business in 2008, its employees lost a total of $601,736 in retirement funds. After closing, the U.S. Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration began investigating the company. [...]
The U.S. Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has found nearly two dozen companies that have allegedly cheated their employees out of nearly $7 million in retirement plans. According to the Labor Department, the workers’ contribution to their pension funds from their paychecks were not put into their plans. The federal agency said that the [...]
