Disability Claimant’s Suit Time- Barred Per Plan’s Limitations Provision, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 4, 2023, 11:12 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A disability claimant’s suit must be dismissed as time-barred because the claimant failed to file suit within the three-month limitations period as set forth in the disability plan and failed to demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances prevented filing the suit within the limitations period, a Pennsylvania federal judge said in granting the disability insurer’s motion to dismiss....