Missouri Federal Judge Grants Limited Discovery In Disability Benefits Suit

Mealey's (July 18, 2017, 4:34 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on July 11 partially granted a disability claimant’s motion for additional discovery, but only as it pertained to a plan administrator’s claims-handling guidelines, an administrative services agreement and a limited number of documents from a third-party vendor responsible for conducting independent medical reviews on behalf of the plan administrator (Teresa Heartsill v. Ascension Health Alliance, et al., No. 17-155, E.D. Mo., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106749)....