Disability Claimant’s Suit Dismissed For Failure To Name Proper Defendant

(August 5, 2024, 3:38 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A disability claimant’s suit against her former employer and disability plan administrator must be dismissed because the defendants are not the proper defendants as neither of the named defendants was responsible for making disability claims decisions under the short-term disability (STD) plan, a Puerto Rico federal judge said Aug. 2 in granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss....