8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Disability Benefits Claim Due To Limitations Period

(March 8, 2018, 5:47 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 13 affirmed a district court’s ruling that a woman’s Employee Retirement Security Act claim for long-term benefits from a disability insurance plan was barred by the limitations period on the policy (Estelean Jeannette Dodge v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, No. 17-1417, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3310)....