DSH attorneys Joseph W. Thomas and James J. Majernik convinced a life insurance company to reverse its denial of death benefits and pay 100% of the death claim, plus interest, for a client who died in 2008. The insurance company initially denied the claim, pointing out that the insured had allowed the policy to lapse about a month before his death. The insurance company was, however, unable to produce evidence to show that it had followed proper procedures to notify the insured of the lapse of the policy.

The matter was settled out of court.