Los Angeles – Trial lawyers must, by definition, be able to work 16- to 20-hour days on occasion, and if their health precludes it, they are disabled, a federal judge here has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Gary Fees found that it was bad faith under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act for New York’s Epstein Becker & Green P.C. to deny full disability benefits to an associate whose blood pressure skyrocketed during trial preparation.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
