Substantial Evidence Supports Disability Plan’s Denial Of Benefits, Judge Says

Mealey's (June 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EDT) -- CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Missouri federal judge on June 20 granted summary judgment in favor of a disability plan after determining that substantial evidence supports the plan’s denial of total disability benefits to a claimant who exhausted the maximum amount of partial disability benefits available under the plan (Charlie Craig Hounihan v. The Proctor & Gamble Disability Committee, et al., No. 18-010, E.D. Mo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103248)....