Disability Claimant Cannot Recover Emotional Distress Damages, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 4, 2022, 5:56 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A disability claimant cannot seek nonpecuniary damages for emotional distress as a result of the termination of her disability benefits because there is no evidence supporting the claimant’s argument that she was aggrieved by the insurers handling her disability benefits claim, a Louisiana federal judge said March 31 in granting the insurers’ motion for partial summary judgment....