Mealey's (September 7, 2017, 11:35 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A district court erred in finding that a disability plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in terminating a claimant’s benefits because the plan failed to consider reliable evidence in support of the plan participant’s claim, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Sept. 6 in reversing and remanding the lower court’s ruling in favor of the plan (Sonia Cruz-Baca v. Edison International Long Term Disability Plan, No. 15-56921, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17214)....