Disability Claimant Is Not Disabled Under Any-Occupation Standard, Judge Says

Mealey's (February 4, 2019, 12:40 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A disability insurer did not wrongfully terminate a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the claimant failed to prove that she was incapable of performing the duties of any occupation, a District of Columbia federal judge said Feb. 1 (Josephine Kemathe v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., No. 17-903, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16248)....