District Court Erred In Finding Disability Plan Abused Its Discretion, Panel Says

(August 7, 2024, 2:07 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A district court erred in finding that a disability plan abused its discretion when it terminated a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits for failure to provide proof of a continued disability because the plan properly considered all of the medical evidence and properly interpreted the plan’s “own occupation” language, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 6 in vacating and remanding the district court’s opinion....