Month: November 2022
Can I Get Fired Because of My Religious Beliefs
In August 2021, New York City ordered all employees in its public school system to be vaccinated against Covid 19. Then a short while later the city ordered all of its municipal workers to be vaccinated. The vaccines were authorized
What Is A Pre-Existing Condition?
I am David Martin with the Martin Law group. We help people with disability policies and ERISA claims. I post a new term every Thursday. Subscribe to get the Edge in understanding your policy. Today we are going to
What Is Objective Medical Evidence?
I am David Martin with the Martin Law group. We help people with disability policies and ERISA claims. I post a new disability policy term every Thursday. Subscribe and get the Edge in understanding your policy. Today let’s discuss
What Is A Mental Illness Limitation?
I am David Martin with the Martin Law group. We help people with disability policies and ERISA claims. I post a new disability policy term every Thursday. Subscribe to get the Edge in understanding your policy. Today we are
Why are there so many Job Openings?
By David P. Martin Why are there so many job openings? More particularly, why did my take-out pizza box have an advertisement for a signing bonus to work at a pizza place? I see in cities all across Alabama, quite
Making Fun Of You For Coloring Your Hair May Not Be Discrimination In The Workplace
Conduct discrimination toward race, sex, religion, or ethnicity may be a problem. Making fun of you for coloring your hair may not be. The factors courts look at include “… ‘the frequency of the discriminatory conduct; its severity; whether it
The Edge Series – Part II: What is “Discretionary Authority Language?”
The lawyers in our firm are focused on helping people with disability policies and ERISA claims. We want to give you the edge in understanding your policy. Today, we discuss Part II of what the term “discretionary authority” means in
Top 10 Most Confusing ERISA Terms

Often the first two questions we hear from our clients are: Why did they deny my claim? What does this letter mean? Our clients have usually received a letter full of confusing ERISA jargon and terms from an insurance company