Sixth Circuit Reverses LTD Denial, Rules for Disabled Software Engineer

A software engineer successfully persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that his employer-sponsored long-term disability plan erred in denying his claim for benefits (Javery v. Lucent Techs., Inc., 2014 BL 26373, 6th Cir., 12-3834, 2/3/14).

Nilratan Javery filed a lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc.'s disability plan, alleging that it wrongfully denied his claim for benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. After first remanding the case to the plan administrator (51 PBD, 3/16/11), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ultimately ruled in favor of ...