Article Library

Eating Disorders

• Expanded Clinical Definition of Anorexia May Help More Teens
• What You Should Know About Insurance Coverage and Eating Disorder Treatment (Eating Disorder Hope)
• Not Making Sense of Mental Health Parity Rules (Managed Care Magazine)
• What’s It Going To Take? Inequality in Mental Health Vs. Medical Treatment Insurance Coverage (Daily Kos)
• Profiled, “Into the Snake Pit” Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine 2019
• Ms. Kantor's CBS 2 News Chicago interview about eating disorders and insurance | Read Article

Health Insurance

• Obtaining insurance coverage for human growth hormone treatment for Idiopathic Short Stature
• "Five Tips to Get Your Insurance Company to Pay Claims for your Eating Disorder Treatment" from the Mirror-Mirror Blog
• ERISA: Cancer Treatment Denial
• Tips for Getting Your Insurance Company to Cover Breast Explant Surgery

ERISA

• ERISA Factual Disputes Require Bench Trials, Appeals Court Says 
• “The Impact of External Reviews on Discretion in ERISA Health Litigation” from the Winter 2019 Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter published by the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law
• Author of article titled “ERISA: Remedies for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty” published in Valley Lawyer (May 2020)
• ERISA: Cancer Treatment Denial
• iPain Living, Fall 2019 issue: ERISA Is Evil; The current state of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and How It Effects Long-term Disability Claims
• Co-author: "Circuit Round-Up of Key Appellate ERISA Decisions from February-September 2019" ABA Labor & Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Fall 2019 Issue
• The Law Firm of Kantor & Kantor, LLP represents Plaintiff in a case against Aetna (Wible v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., 375 F.Supp.2d 956 (C.D. Calif. 2005), which soundly demonstrates the need for reform in ERISA litigation. 
• ERISA in the News (Stacked Deck for Insurers)

Life Insurance

• Interviewed in Sarah Fielding’s article, “Life Insurance Qualifications May Hinder Mental Health Care”, June 04, 2021

Long Term Disability

• Invisible Diseases and Insurance Companies: Challenging and Preventing Insurance Denials
• Mondolo v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Amer., C-11-07435 CAS (MRWx) (C.D. Cal., order filed January 16, 2013)
• Kantor & Kantor, LLP proves that Unum unlawfully denied long term disability benefits to policyholder suffering from fibromyalgia
• Peterson v. AT&T - U.S. District Court Order in favor of plaintiff
• 56 Miranda - Order re Protective Order 11-05-23 - Court allows depositions of First Reliance Standard claim representatives despite Defendant's Motion seeking to prevent the depositions.
• California’s Ban on Discretionary Clauses in Disability and Life Insurance Policies (The Advocate Magazine June 2013)
• Ana Martinez v. The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows Employee Benefit Trust Employee Welfare Plan
• Ana Martinez v. The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows Employee Benefit Trust Employee Welfare Plan: High-Dollar Health-Care Case Schools Business: Litigation: Northridge firm secures big benefits for son of injured employee
• Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Life Magazine: Why It's Important to Write and Talk About Your Invisible Disease (page 12-13)
• Everyday Health Insurance Challenges and What You Can Do To Overcome Them
• Steven Polnicky v. Liberty Life Assurance Company Of Boston; Wells Fargo & Company Long Term Disability Plan
• Jahn-Derian v. MetLife - Order re Standard of Review
• Interviewed by Jane Mundy in her April 27, 2022, article “Long-Term Disability Attorney Discusses Long-Covid Disability Claims”, about whether and when you should seek legal help.
• A Lawyer’s Guide to Long COVID and Long Term Disability Insurance Claims — Body Politic (wearebodypolitic.com) | May 10, 2021
• iPain Living, Fall 2019 issue: ERISA Is Evil; The current state of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and How It Effects Long-term Disability Claims
• Co-author: "Circuit Round-Up of Key Appellate ERISA Decisions from February-September 2019" ABA Labor & Employment Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, Fall 2019 Issue
• State Fines Insurer, Orders Reforms in Disability Cases
• UnumProvident Taking Advantage of Federal Laws 
  Garamendi Rejects UnumProvident Deal