Panel Affirms Disability Insurer’s Benefits Termination Was Arbitrary, Capricious

(November 10, 2023, 9:26 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 8 affirmed a district court’s ruling that a disability insurer acted arbitrarily and capriciously in terminating a disability claimant’s benefits because the insurer wrongfully reclassified the claimant’s occupation as an internal medical specialist after more than 10 years of correctly classifying the claimant’s occupation as a gastroenterologist....