11th Circuit: Procedure Errors Don’t Alter Standard; Insurers’ ERISA Ruling Stands

Mealey's (May 17, 2019, 1:22 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Insubstantial procedural errors do not require anything other than the capricious and arbitrary standard in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case challenging an insurer’s denial of coverage for eating disorder treatments, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held May 15 (O.D. v. Jones Lang LaSalle Medical PPO Plus Plan, No. 17-13060, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14385)....