Mealey's (January 18, 2018, 12:09 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 9 refused to reconsider its ruling that a disability plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in offsetting a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits to account for Social Security disability income (SSDI) benefits that she receives for her dependents (Susan Rene Jones v. Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., No. 16-16172, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 565)....