Mealey's (December 22, 2016, 11:40 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Dec. 19 determined that a disability claimant’s brief return to part-time work does not extend the end of the plan’s elimination period for benefits because the claimant’s attempt to work in a part-time capacity only bolsters the conclusion that the claimant was still disabled when he returned to part-time work (Marlon Montoya v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 14-2740, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175208)....