Disability Plan Did Not State Continued Social Security Benefits Were Necessary

(March 11, 2022, 10:29 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A disability plan’s termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits was arbitrary and capricious because the plan did not state that continued Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits were necessary in order to continue to receive LTD benefits, an Illinois federal judge said Feb. 28 in granting the claimant’s motion for summary judgment....