4th Circuit Rules Erisa Plan Can Offset Workers' Comp Settlement
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Summary
An ERISA plan could offset long-term disability benefits with the lump sum workers' compensation settlement that the insured received for an unrelated illness, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff qualified for long-term disability benefits from Aetna after chronic vertigo forced him to leave his job as an electric power plant operator.
The plaintiff subsequently received a $39,936 workers' compensation settlement for asbestosis.See the full content of this document
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4th Circuit Rules Erisa Plan Can Offset Workers' Comp Settlement
Aetna deemed the workers' compensation award "other i...
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