Greg Martin v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Federal Express Corporation Short Term Disability Plan, Federal Express Corporation Long Term Disability Plan, and Does 1 to 10, inclusive
Published: May 13, 2017 | Result Date: Nov. 30, 2016 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 2:15-cv-07355-RSWL-FFMX Bench Decision – Defense
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Christian J. Garris
(Law Office of Christian J. Garris)
Defendant
Sandra C. Isom
(FedEx Freight Inc.)
Facts
Greg Martin a Federal Express employee, sued defendants after they denied him short term disability benefits under the plan provided by FedEx.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiff's job required him to lift 75 pounds, and his doctors all told him that he was limited to 10-15 pounds due to severe tenosynovitis in his hands. Plaintiff contended that defendants abused their discretion in terminating his short-term disability benefits.
DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Defendants contended that plaintiff's claim for disability benefits was properly denied because plaintiff failed to submit objective evidence of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that prevented plaintiff from performing the duties of his regular occupation.
Result
Following a bench trial, the court entered judgment in defendants' favor.
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