(May 7, 2018, 1:14 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A disability claimant filed a petition for writ of certiorari on April 24 in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the high court to review the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding 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 received on behalf of the claimant’s dependents (Susan Rene Jones v. Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp., et al., No. 17-1478, U.S. Sup., 2018 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1725)....