A disability benefit plan participant must reimburse Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston $45,348 for overpayment of benefits that should’ve been offset by her Social Security disability benefits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho ruled (Smith v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Bos., 2016 BL 65090, D. Idaho, 4:14-CV-00495-CWD, 3/3/16).
In her March 3 opinion, Judge Candy W. Dale granted in part Liberty Life’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the insurance company didn’t abuse its discretion when it withheld the participant’s monthly benefits until the overpayment was satisfied. This was so because the ...
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