Judge Affirms Arbitrator’s Award Of LTD Benefits In Dispute Involving Union

( April 16, 2026, 8:27 AM EDT) -- JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Enforcing an arbitrator’s award of long-term disability (LTD) benefits that followed the plan administrator’s denial of the claim, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that the dispute fell within the bounds of an arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the claimant’s employer and a union and that “the arbitrator properly focused his merits analysis to the Agreement’s terms.”...