9th Circuit Denies Motion For Rehearing In Pension Benefits Case

(September 22, 2016, 12:13 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 20 denied a petition for rehearing en banc in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case, with the majority saying that a plan administrator’s decision in a dispute over a since-deceased plaintiff’s entitlement to benefits was not illogical, implausible or without support (Estate of Bruce H. Barton v. ADT Security Services Pension Plan, et al., No. 13-56379, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17146)....

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