Mealey's (February 25, 2019, 11:21 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a Feb. 20 unpublished ruling, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in favor of a defendant insurer of an ERISA-regulated welfare benefits plan accused of improperly denying coverage for a 12-month, in-patient residential treatment facility stay (John Potter v. Blue Shield of California Life and Health Insurance Company, Nos. 17-56018, 17-56020, 17-56023, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4914)....