Federal Judge Seals Administrative Record In Disability Insurance Dispute

(February 25, 2018, 10:06 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Feb. 12 granted a motion jointly filed by both parties to seal the entire administrative record of a disability insurance dispute, finding that the plaintiff’s right to medical privacy and the inability to redact portions of the record outweigh the public’s right to access the information (David Alan Anderson v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. C17-0659-JCC, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22661)....