Disability Insurer Failed To Timely Make A Decision On LTD Benefits Claim

Mealey's (July 14, 2020, 10:54 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on July 6 denied a disability insurer's motion to  dismiss after agreeing with the disability claimant that the administrative remedies under the plan should be deemed exhausted because the disability insurer failed to timely issue a claim decision as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Vennessa Hasten v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. 19-7943, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121897)....