6th Circuit: Plan Properly Terminates Benefits To Participant With Fibromyalgia

CINCINNATI - A disability plan administrator properly terminated benefits to a participant who suffered from fibromyalgia pursuant to the plan's lifetime maximum benefit when a mental disorder contributes to a disability, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed July 10 in an unpublished order (Sherry Eastin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, No. 13-6247, 6th Cir.; 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 13376).
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