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District Court Finds Verbal COBRA Notice Sufficient (PDF)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Aug. 15, 2014
"The purpose of the notice and the COBRA right to continue coverage is to allow a discharged employee to continue coverage under a group policy for a period of time which is generally cheaper than an individual policy and provides continuous coverage where some preexisting condition (such as Plaintiff's esophageal cancer) would make obtaining new coverage difficult, expensive, and probably impossible.... [T]he statute does not specify the form the notice must take. Here, the Defendants verbally notified Plaintiff of her right to continue coverage at the time she was discharged which kept her as an insured under the company's policy by accepting her premium payments. Therefore, the notice was adequate." [Madonia v. S 37 Management, Inc., No. 14-C-678 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 14, 2014)]
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