Health Care & Hospital Law
Nov. 21, 2009
Push to Reform Work Benefit Law
Critics say insured employees who are denied benefits should be able to sue and seek punitive damages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Disabled claimants like Maggie Vondras are not the only consumers who face steep challenges when their insurance company balks at paying a claim or denies a treatment.
When insured workers are denied benefits - whether it's a disability claim or heart surgery - federal law prevents them from suing in state court or seeking any punitive damages.
That's because a st...
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