Disability Insurer’s Benefits Termination Supported By Substantial Evidence

Mealey's (October 26, 2022, 12:06 PM EDT) -- BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A disability insurer’s termination of long-term disability benefits after 14 years of paying benefits was not unreasonable, a West Virginia federal judge said in finding that substantial evidence supported the insurer’s determination that the claimant was capable of working in a sedentary occupation....