Jones v. PepsiCo, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

SARAH NETBURN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), Joseph Jones challenges Pepsieo, Inc., Long Term Disability Program’s (“LTD Program”) denial of his disability claim. Jones, a former truck driver, suffers from chronic, unexplained, and unpredictable syncope, or sudden loss of consciousness. The LTD Program determined that Jones’s condition did not leave him completely disabled because he could still do sedentary office work. According to Jones, the denial was arbitrary and capricious because the plan…