Disability Benefits Owed To Claimant, Alabama Federal Judge Determines

Mealey's (May 21, 2019, 12:42 PM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits under his employer’s disability plan because the evidence supports a finding that the claimant was unable to perform the material duties of his regular occupation, an Alabama federal judge said May 20 in granting the claimant’s motion for summary judgment (Bobby Johns Wiley v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 16-1936, N.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84077)....