Proton Beam Class Claim Repackaged ERISA Benefits Claim, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 26, 2020, 2:23 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A woman’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action seeking disgorgement and an injunction barring an insurer from denying proton beam therapy claims simply repackages a denial of benefits claim and must be dismissed without prejudice, a federal judge in Massachusetts said March 25 (Kate Weissman v. United Healthcare Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-10580, D. Mass., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51568)....