Termination Of LTD Benefits Was Arbitrary, Capricious, Judge Concludes

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A disability insurer's termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was arbitrary and capricious because the insurer improperly ignored favorable evidence submitted by the claimant's treating physicians and selectively reviewed the medical evidence, a Michigan federal judge said March 20 (Christopher Carr v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 17-14101, E.D. Mich., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45421).
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