LTD Plan Was Not Granted Discretionary Authority, 1st Circuit Panel Determines

Mealey's (March 2, 2017, 1:13 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 1 reversed a federal court’s ruling that a disability insurer was delegated with discretionary authority and directed the lower court to review a claimant’s termination of benefits under a de novo standard of review (Nilda Rodriguez-Lopez v. Triple-S Vida, Inc., No. 15-2413, 1st Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 3729)....