Mealey's (November 19, 2019, 10:26 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 18 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a member and beneficiary of a self-funded employee benefit plan seeking review of a ruling that the terms of the plan contained in the summary plan description (SPD) permitted the plan to seek reimbursement of health benefits paid to a member for injuries caused by another after that party’s insurer settled because the ruling is not consistent with precedent previously established by the high court (Robert Hoch v. MBI Energy Services, No. 19-444, U.S. Sup.)....