(January 10, 2017, 9:22 AM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington federal judge on Dec. 22 refused to enforce a disability plan’s discretionary clause on the basis that enforcement of the clause would violate a strong public policy in the state of Washington (Anthony Flaaen v. Principal Life Insurance Co. Inc., No. 15-5899, W.D. Wash.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177638)....