Vocational Assessment Was Flawed, Disability Claimant Is Owed Benefits, Judge Says

Mealey's (September 29, 2017, 1:16 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington federal judge on Sept. 27 granted judgment in favor of a disability claimant after determining that the insurer’s vocational assessment was flawed because the assessment relied on unsupported information taken from the claimant’s social media profiles to conclude that the claimant had enough experience to secure a job in the media industry (Anthony Flaaen v. Principal Life Insurance Co. Inc., No. 15-5899, W.D. Wash., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159142)....