LTD Benefits Must Be Reinstated, Utah Federal Judge Determines

Mealey's (September 26, 2019, 1:14 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah federal judge on Sept. 24 determined that a disability claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits must be reinstated because the insurer’s termination of benefits was arbitrary and capricious based on the lack of medical evidence to support its termination (Don Foust v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., No. 17-1208, D. Utah, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164576)....