3rd Circuit Upholds Ruling For Disability Plan Administrator In Benefits Denial Suit

Mealey's (February 20, 2020, 10:23 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The administrator of a short-term disability (STD) and a long-term disability (LTD) plan did not abuse its discretion in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when it denied both types of benefits to a employee who claimed that she couldn’t work due to headaches but was found by the administrator’s doctors and her own to be able to control her symptoms with medication, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 18 (Anna Ackaway v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, No. 16-3969, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4946)....