9th Circuit Panel Denies Disability Plan’s Motion For Attorney Fees

Mealey's (May 1, 2018, 8:30 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal on April 27 denied a motion for attorney fees filed by a disability plan and its insurer following the appeals panel’s recent finding that a work incentive benefit in a disability policy’s summary plan description does not violate the disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Howard Lyle Abrams v. Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., No. 16-55858, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10919)....