California Federal Judge Overturns Insurer’s Denial Of LTD Benefits

(June 19, 2018, 1:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits because the evidence from the claimant’s treating physicians and evidence obtained from the disability insurer’s medical reviewers support a finding that the claimant is disabled under the plan’s any-occupation standard, a California federal judge said June 18 (Sarabjit Sangha v. Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York, No. 17-5158, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101725)....