Termination Of Benefits Was Not Arbitrary, Capricious, Federal Judge Determines

(August 4, 2022, 9:57 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A disability insurer’s decision to terminate a claimant’s long-term disability benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because the claimant was paid the maximum amount of benefits for a mental illness under the plan and failed to show that she was physically disabled from performing the duties of her own occupation, a New Jersey federal judge said July 29 in granting the disability insurer’s motion for summary judgment and in denying the claimant’s motion for summary judgment....