Limited Discovery Is Warranted In Disability Benefits Dispute, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (May 18, 2020, 8:53 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on May 14 partially granted a disability claimant’s motion to conduct limited discovery after determining that additional discovery is warranted on the issue of whether the claims administrator considered the terms of claimant’s severance agreement when it denied a claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits (Dawn Marie Moore v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., et al., No. 19-2513, E.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 85027)....