Disability Benefits Owed Under Plan’s Own-Occupation Standard, Judge Says

(March 11, 2022, 10:26 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A disability claimant is entitled to long-term disability (LTD) benefits for the full 24-month period permitted under the plan’s own-occupation standard because the claimant met his burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that he was disabled from performing the duties of his own occupation, a California federal judge said Feb. 15....