Moran v. Standard Insurance Co.

Opinion by

Judge STERNBERG.*

Plaintiff, John M. Moran, appeals the trial court's judgment dismissing the complaint against defendant, Standard Insurance Company (Standard). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Plaintiff brought this action against Standard and the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) as the result of the termination of his PERA disability retirement benefits because Standard concluded that he no longer met the medical definition of disability. Standard acted as the administrator for PERA in determining a person's eligibility to receive or continue to receive…