Disability Claimant Failed To Meet Necessary Heightened Standard, Panel Says

( January 27, 2025, 8:31 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A district court did not err in dismissing a disability claimant’s suit because the claimant failed to meet a heightened standard that is necessary to prevail on an estoppel claim when a plan’s terms are unambiguous, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in affirming the lower court’s ruling....