Federal Judge Denies Disability Claimant’s Motion For Contempt

(January 8, 2018, 3:31 PM EST) -- BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana federal judge on Dec. 19 denied a disability claimant’s motion for contempt after determining that the insurer reasonably believed that it was entitled to a stay of a judgment in the disability claimant’s favor while it pursued an appeal (Theresa Sand-Smith v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, No. 17-0004, D. Mont., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208486)....