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Social Security Cannot Be Attached to Reimburse Insurer

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    Macdonald Fernandez LLP

In Bilyeu v. Morgan Stanley, 683 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that an insurer cannot impose a lien upon the proceeds of Social Security benefits in the possession of the insured in order to recover overpayment of long-term disability benefits.

Fernandez, R. 2014, "Social Security Cannot Be Attached to Reimburse Insurer". In: Legal By the Bay, Bar Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

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Tags: Erisa, Social Security, Bankruptcy, Attachment, Lien, Enforcement, Insurance,