Disability Claimant Permitted To Depose Physician, Employee, Magistrate Judge Says

(January 12, 2023, 2:25 PM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — Additional discovery in a disability benefits dispute is warranted based on exceptional circumstances in the handling of a claim for long-term disability benefits (LTD), a Utah federal magistrate judge said in allowing the disability claimant to depose the disability insurer’s physician and one of the insurer’s employees....