4th Circuit Says Disability Income Insurer Did Not Owe Any Benefit Increase

Mealey's (August 21, 2018, 11:35 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 17 determined that a district court did not abuse its discretion in granting a disability insurer’s motion for reconsideration because the claimant was not entitled to an increase of benefits because the claimed disability was not a new disability as required under the plan at issue (Jessica Slice-Sadler v. Principal Life Insurance Company, No. 17-2249, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22975)....