( March 19, 2025, 9:10 AM EDT) -- NEW BERN, N.C. — Noting that briefing focused on a preexisting condition provision, a North Carolina federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of an insurer that denied long term disability (LTD) benefits to a claimant who had multiple sclerosis on the other ground the insurer cited in its denial, violation of a claimant cooperation provision....