(July 7, 2021, 9:44 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on June 25 denied a disability insurer’s motion to dismiss after determining that the disability insurer is a proper defendant for the claimant’s short-term disability (STD) claim and that the disability insurer failed to prove that the claimant did not exhaust all administrative remedies on the claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits....