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Court Reverses Metlife Ruling on Benefit Termination

Janet Gorski had undergone back surgery and had been receiving disability benefits since 1999.  Since that time, she had been in excruciating pain after hardware which was dislodged in her surgery caused nerve root compression.  MetLife sent out a surveillance team to watch Ms. Gorski, but the team was unable to show that Gorski could sustain physical activities over a long period of time.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by Metlife to terminate Janet Gorski's disability benefits. The Court's opinion may be signaling a change in the winds, as the Court is finally beginning to require the Federal Courts that review disability benefit termiantions to actually assess the entire record and consider a 'combination of factors' when determining whether the initial denial of benefits was legitimately made.

Read the full opinion here.

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