Mealey's (November 7, 2019, 1:54 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A disability claimant failed to prove that he was disabled from his own occupation as a result of sickness or injury according to the plan’s terms, a California federal judge said Nov. 6 after applying a de novo standard of review based on a remand order issued by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Robert Gordon v. Metropolitan Insurance Co., No. 10-5399, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193142)....