March is Disability Awareness Month in Indiana, a time when the importance of recognizing the challenges and triumphs of people living with disabilities is paramount. If you or someone you love has been injured and is living with a long-term disability, the Law Office of Charles D. Hankey may be able to help you get the money you deserve.

Disability Awareness Month is designed to raise awareness of the realities of long-term disability and the people who live with it. Interest groups hope to make people more familiar with the challenges faced by people who suffer from disabilities, including employment discrimination.

If you or someone you love suffers from a long-term disability and you aren’t getting the money you deserve, the Indiana long-term disability attorneys of the Law Office of Charles D. Hankey may be able to help. Contact us today by calling 800-520-3633.

A construction company in Wisconsin is the target of a federal lawsuit alleging ERISA violations that resulted in $4 million of plan losses for employees.

President and CEO of Westra Construction Inc. in Waupun, Wisconsin, is named in the suit along with a trustee of the company’s ESOP. The lawsuit was filed by the Department of Labor in United States District Court in Milwaukee. Westra is accused doctoring financial reports and ordering the plan to buy 40,000 shares of non-voting convertible preferred Westra company stock for $4 million.

Two years following the $4 million purchase, Westra ceased operations, making the stock worthless.

The Labor Department lawsuit is seeking to restore the employee stock ownership plan.

Assistant Secretary of Labor of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Phyllis C. Borzi said Westra “diverted retirement assets to subsidize corporate activities, thereby jeopardizing the future retirement income of their workers…”

If you or someone you love has been injured and is not receiving the long-term disability that he or she deserves, please contact an Indiana long term disability lawyer of the Hankey Law Office by calling 800-520-3633.

Compensation and insurance provided to military veterans is very similar to workers’ compensation. The overall compensation system in both sectors involve more than one type of insurance such as health insurance, disability income insurance, life insurance, and possibly mortgage insurance. Despite these similarities, the application process for these benefits is quite different.

Applying to receive veteran’s benefits requires that you go through the Office of Veterans Affairs. The Office of Veteran Affairs handles all VA Disability Compensation and in order to qualify a veteran must have suffered a disability related to time spent in the armed forces. A veteran who was dishonorably discharged due not qualify for benefits.

If you are eligible for benefits, you could receive between $123 and $3100 each month. Additional supplementary payments to compensate family members may also be available.

Filing for VA disability benefits can be quite a complex process. To speak with an attorney about the legal options available to an injured veteran, please contact an Indiana Long Term Disability Attorney of the Charles D. Hankey Law Office, P.C., by calling 800-520-3633.