Legal Opinion
Post v. Hartford Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 13, 2007No. 05-4927PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*157OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Carol Post believes that she is entitled to long term disability benefits under her former employer’s disability plan. Her treating physicians maintain that she is disabled. On the other hand, Hartford Insurance Company, the plan administrator (who also happens to fund the plan), has hired reviewing physicians who maintain that Post is not disabled. In other words, the central issue in this case— whether Post is disabled — is a “battle, of the experts.”
“Battle-of-the-experts” cases are often easy for a reviewing court. If the trial court’s standard of…
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