Judge Finds Nurse Anesthetist Disabled Before Termination, Remands To Administrator

Mealey's (March 3, 2020, 12:46 PM EST) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A nurse anesthetist’s relapse into addiction rendered him disabled before his employer terminated him for using drugs at work, a federal judge in Missouri ruled Feb. 28, finding that the insurer erred in denying him short- and long-term disability benefits (Ronald Bernard v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co., No. 19-4043, W.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34344)....