Mealey's (May 21, 2018, 1:51 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 16 reversed a district court’s ruling that no benefits are owed under an accidental dismemberment plan after determining that the plan participants met their burden of proving that the amputation of a participant’s leg was caused solely by an auto accident and that the participant’s diabetes did not substantially cause or contribute to the amputation (Tommy Dowdy et al., v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 16-15824, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 12648)....