Judge:  Additional Discovery In Disability Benefits Dispute Is Not Warranted

Mealey's (October 27, 2020, 8:26 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on Oct. 23 denied a disability claimant’s request to depose a claims administrator’s employee and corporate representative regarding the denial of a short-term disability (STD) benefits claim because the claimant failed to provide good cause for conducting the depositions (Kevin Nauss v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., No. 20-304, E.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197491)....