Health Plan Participant Failed To File Suit Within Plan’s Limitations Period

(May 7, 2018, 1:16 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 18 affirmed a district court’s ruling that a plaintiff’s suit must be dismissed because the plaintiff failed to file suit within six months of the final denial of his health benefits claim pursuant to the health plan’s limitations period provision (Allen R. Hewitt v. Western & Southern Financial Group Flexible Benefits Plan, et al., No. 17-5862, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 9829)....