6th Circuit Says Disability Plan Administrator Failed To Consider All Evidence

Mealey's (April 1, 2020, 1:23 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A disability plan administrator’s termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was arbitrary and capricious because the plan administrator failed to consider all objective evidence regarding the claimant’s disabling conditions, the majority of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 30 in reversing a district court’s ruling (Teresa Outward v. Eaton Corporation Disability Plan for U.S. Employees, et al., No. 19-3365, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 10098). ...