Johnston v. Prudential Insurance Co., No. 17-3415 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's order finding that Prudential did not abuse its discretion when it terminated plaintiff's long term disability benefits. The court held that, although plaintiff presented some evidence that he was disabled, Prudential's decision to deny benefits was supported by substantial evidence. In this case, Prudential had evidence that plaintiff was deliberately exaggerating his symptoms, making it impossible to determine whether he had cognitive deficiencies that rendered him disabled.
Court Description: Grasz, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Wollman, Circuit Judge] Civil case - ERISA. The plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in terminating plaintiff's long-term disability benefits as there was substantial evidence to support Prudential's conclusion that plaintiff may have been malingering in the tests he used as evidence of disability.
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