9th Circuit Affirms Ruling For Plan In Spousal Benefits Termination Case

(September 2, 2021, 4:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A lower court applied the correct standard of review and correctly held that a health plan administrator did not abuse its discretion in interpreting the term “final decree of dissolution of marriage or divorce” when it terminated the spousal benefits of a woman after her divorce, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 16, affirming judgment in favor of the plan....