Magistrate Judge Recommends Disability Insurer’s Motion For Judgment Be Granted

(November 8, 2023, 11:38 AM EST) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A disability insurer’s termination of a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits was not arbitrary and capricious because the medical evidence supported the insurer’s termination of benefits and the insurer “provided a reasoned basis” for its termination, a Tennessee federal magistrate judge said in recommending that the insurer’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) be granted and the claimant’s motion for JMOL be denied....