Termination Of Disability Benefits Was Arbitrary And Capricious, Federal Judge Says

(October 26, 2017, 11:17 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A disability insurer’s termination of long-term disability benefits after approving the claimant’s benefits for seven years was arbitrary and capricious because the insurer failed to properly define the material duties of the claimant’s occupation and because the evidence does not support the insurer’s termination, a New Jersey federal judge said Oct. 23 (Christopher Patterson v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., No. 15-8156, D. N.J., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175543)....

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