Exhaustion Of Remedies Under LTD Plan Not Required Prior To Filing Suit

(March 7, 2024, 12:51 PM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A disability insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings must be denied because the long-term disability (LTD) plan at issue did not require the disability claimant to exhaust all administrative remedies prior to filing suit, a Washington federal judge concluded in denying the insurer’s motion....