Mealey's (October 14, 2016, 10:54 AM EDT) -- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Oct. 6 rejected a disability insurer’s argument that a monthly disability benefit should be based on the last benefit increase accepted by the insured before the disability claim and said the claimant is entitled to the current monthly benefit payable under the policy (Jessica Slice-Sadler v. Principal Life Insurance Co., No. 15-216, M.D. N.C.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138990)....