( September 2, 2022, 9:45 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A disability claimant’s suit seeking long-term disability (LTD) benefits is barred by the doctrine of res judicata because the same parties and the same claims are at issue in the claimant’s instant suit as were at issue in the claimant’s prior suit, a California federal judge said Aug. 1 in granting the disability insurer’s motion to dismiss....