Disability Claimant Denied Discovery In ERISA Long-Term Benefits Row

Mealey's (May 12, 2021, 10:49 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A man who sued his long-term disability (LTD) provider for retroactive benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), saw his quest to take discovery beyond the administrative record denied May 10, with a Missouri federal magistrate judge finding the requested discovery unnecessary to consider a purported conflict of interest between two physicians’ medical opinions....