Helping Employees Get Benefits
Benefits are an important aspect of many employment compensation packages and often play a major role in someone's decision to accept a particular job.
When employees are denied benefits under a disability, pension or health plan, they deserve the opportunity to appeal that decision and get the benefits to which they are entitled.
At Biesecker & Dutkanych, LLC, we help Indiana and Kentucky employees throughout the process of appealing benefits plan determinations. Contact us for a free, confidential telephone or email consultation. We can serve you from any of our three offices in Evansville, Indianapolis or Louisville.
Unique Processes Under ERISA
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that governs employer-sponsored disability plans, pension plans, health plans and other benefit plans.
This law in many cases overrides the traditional principles of contract law with which most lawyers are familiar. If you have received a claim denial from your disability, pension or health benefits plan, or have another dispute and would like to appeal, you should contact a lawyer who has specific experience with ERISA law.
Start the Appeals Process With a Lawyer
It is important to know that, while ERISA protects certain rights to disability, pension and health plans sponsored by your employer; it also limits your ability to appeal the decisions of plan administrators in court.
If your plan denies a claim or makes some other decision that affects you in a negative manner, there are certain legal and factual issues that you must raise during the plan's internal appeal process if they apply in your case, or else you will lose the right to raise them in court.
You should always get an experienced attorney involved at the beginning of the process, from the moment you take the first step in appealing a negative decision.
Contact Us
We understand ERISA and the best strategies for getting you the disability, pension or health benefits you deserve. Contact us for help with your disability, health or pension appeal.
