9th Circuit Reverses Wilderness Therapy Claim Reprocessing Ruling

Mealey's (March 23, 2022, 2:18 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Allegations that an insurer improperly narrowed requirements for wilderness therapy coverage provide standing for an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action, but the trial court improperly substituted its own interpretation of the plan for the insurer’s interpretation of how to handle generally accepted standards of care, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said March 22 in reversing a ruling requiring the insurer to reprocess the coverage claims....