Disability Pension Plan Should Have Considered Social Security Award, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 7, 2020, 5:09 PM EDT) -- CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Missouri federal judge on Oct. 6 denied a disability pension plan’s motion to dismiss after determining that the plan should have considered the claimant’s evidence of a favorable Social Security Administration disability award even if the claimant submitted the award beyond the plan’s 180-day period for making an initial determination (Adam Ruessler v. Boilermakers-Blacksmiths National Pension Trust Board of Trustees, No. 20-128, E.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184681)....