Celebrating 5 years and 500 clients!

Posted on April 12, 2023

Pridgen Bassett Law is thrilled to be celebrating its 5th year and 500th client-matter this month. PBL (and through its immediate past iteration, Pridgen Law Group) has been privileged to service the ERISA litigation and employee benefit dispute needs of many clients here in Georgia and around the county for just over...

Eleventh Circuit finds Denial of Disability Benefits to be Arbitrary and Capricious

Posted on July 8, 2022

The Plaintiff was a hospital pharmacist for Emory Healthcare, Inc. She suffered a spinal injury in a fall at work, leaving her in significant pain. Unum, which insures the Plaintiff's employer-sponsored ERISA disability plan, granted her long-term disability benefits for two years, after which time she was required to prove that she...

The Plan Strikes Out

Posted on May 19, 2022

Garner v. Central States, __ F.4th __, 2022 WL 1160386 (4th Cir. Apr. 20, 2022) (Before Circuit Judges Wilkinson, Diaz, and Floyd). A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit indicates that, even under an abuse of discretion standard, one flawed medical report can taint the entire “deliberate, principled reasoning...

Listen to episodes of “ProfitSense with Bill McDermott” and Anthony Chen’s “Family Business Radio” featuring Nancy Pridgen

Posted on February 15, 2022

Listen to episodes of "ProfitSense with Bill McDermott" and Anthony Chen's “Family Business Radio” featuring Nancy Pridgen Nancy Pridgen has been honored to appear on "ProfitSense with Bill McDermott" and “Family Business Radio with Anthony Chen.” Click on the links below to hear the conversations with Nancy about how...

Listen to episodes of “ProfitSense with Bill McDermott” featuring Leslie Bassett

Posted on February 15, 2022

Leslie Bassett been honored to appear on “ProfitSense with Bill McDermott.” Click on the links below to hear her conversations about how and why Pridgen Bassett Law loves serving our clients with their benefits disputes and employment law needs. Click Below to listen to Episode 19 with Leslie Bassett:

The No Surprises Act

Posted on November 10, 2021

Overview On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act (“NSA”) will take effect. The NSA was signed into U.S. law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The provisions in the NSA will boost patient protections by limiting patient responsibility for out-of-network “surprise...

COBRA Continuation Coverage

Posted on November 10, 2021

COBRA continuation coverage can help you and your family maintain health insurance coverage if your employment situation changes. COBRA allows you to extend your coverage under your employer-provided group health plan even if your employment is ended or your hours are reduced. Also, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) offers additional benefits that...

SCOTUS – ERISA Standing for DB Plan Participants

Posted on June 19, 2020

A Supreme Court opinion issued by Justice Kavanaugh on June 1, 2020 will likely create significant impediments for suits arising from fiduciary mismanagement of defined benefit plans. The 5-4 decision was split along ideological lines and resolved a 7-year-old case from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kavanaugh's opinion, in which Chief...