The number of older Americans is growing at a rapid pace. In 2022, 17.3% of the population was 65 or older. The number is projected to increase to 22% by 2040. One of the unfortunate realities of aging is that medical problems
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Nothing Stops Donahue & Horrow LLP From Relentlessly Pursuing Justice – Doubling Down and Going All the Way to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to Win SUMMARY: THE JUDGE RULED PARTIALLY IN FAVOR OF OUR CLIENT AT THE TRIAL COURT
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Client Awarded $30k in ERISA Long-term Disability Denial Claim Michael Horrow and the team at Donahue & Horrow recently won a second case on behalf of their client in his, seemingly never-ending, fight with a large insurance company for the long-term disability
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Software Engineer Denied ERISA Long-Term Disability, Wins In $125k in Mediation Settlement Agreement
Regardless of how informed and prepared you are, it can be difficult to achieve a desirable outcome should you find yourself going against one of the nation’s largest insurance companies. Our client, a software engineer forced to stop working due to orthopedic
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In October 2019, Donahue and Horrow LLP sued the nation’s biggest insurance company—Unum Life Insurance Company—on behalf of a doctor whose claim for disability benefits was unfairly denied. While there was no dispute that the doctor suffered from Chronic Migraine Disorder and
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Our client, despite being relatively young, suffered from a variety of progressively worsening conditions that prevented her, not only from working, but from being able to care for herself without assistance. The insurance company initially approved her claim, and she received benefits
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A shoe salesman for major, high-end department stores received a six-figure settlement from a large disability insurance company with the help of Michael Horrow and the team at Donahue & Horrow LLP. In February 2017, our client was in a motor vehicle
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In the aftermath of a tragic mass shooting, an ultrasound technologist was left with severe physical and psychological injuries preventing her from returning to work. Despite her treating physicians and the Social Security Administration agreeing she could not work, her insurance company
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Fighting on behalf of our client, an anesthesiologist, the Donahue & Horrow, LLP team was able to obtain a seven-figure settlement with a large national insurance company in a dispute over the proper amount of monthly insurance disability benefits he was entitled
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Doctor in Bicycle Accident Prevails Over Insurance Company for $1.9 Million After Her Disability Claim Was Denied A $1.9 million dollar settlement was reached for a physician who was involved in a bicycle vs. car accident that left her unable to continue
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More than six years after a motorcycle accident and more than 16 surgeries later, our client had to undergo a lower leg amputation. In the wake of his amputation, the insurance company that he had dutifully paid his premiums for, denied his
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Donahue & Horrow LLP recently secured $8 Million Settlements in two different birth injury medical malpractice cases. The families turned to the birth injury experts at Donahue & Horrow LLP, led by Tom Donahue. After hard-fought litigation, the team was able to
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Donahue & Horrow recently helped a dentist collect the private disability insurance benefits to which she was entitled, but which were improperly denied by the insurance company. After many years of dutifully paying premiums for an individual disability policy that she purchased
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After a hard-fought battle with the Federal Insurance Company in the case of an accidental death, Donahue & Horrow LLP was able to reach a very favorable settlement for our client worth more than double the full value of the insurance contract.
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Following the tragic death of their daughter, a grieving young mother and father were uncertain how to move forward. Knowing there were serious legal ramifications, they hired the team at Donahue & Horrow LLP and we were able to obtain a quick
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We are delighted and proud to share that we recently obtained a settlement for our client valued at more than double the full value of their disability contract in issue. Led by Michael Horrow, the team of specialized insurance lawyers at Donahue
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We are thrilled to announce that once again, we have secured a settlement over and above the full value of the contract for our Monterey County-based client whose claim for long-term disability insurance benefits was improperly and unfairly denied. Moreover, Donahue &
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An Oakland-based Family Practice doctor was denied the long-term disability benefits that were promised through an ERISA plan issued by her employer and insured by Unum Life Insurance Company of America. However, she acted quickly and brought in the experienced team of
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Donahue & Horrow LLP is pleased to share that our team was able to obtain a partial settlement in a traumatic birth injury case. A family came to Donahue & Horrow LLP following a problematic labor and delivery that caused the baby
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Donahue & Horrow LLP obtained a $5,450,000 settlement for a mother and her two-year-old son following a negligent prenatal and labor and delivery that injured the baby, causing not only a brain injury (hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy) but also spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Following
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Donahue & Horrow LLP recently secured a settlement of over $1.2 million dollars for a physician whose claim for partial disability benefits (also known as residual disability benefits) was improperly denied. Our client was determined to continue working in his beloved profession,
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In a recent case involving Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D), Donahue & Horrow LLP founding partner, Michael Horrow, was able to quickly obtain a settlement that was 266% of the value of the benefits outlined in the decedent’s policy. Initially, the
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