High Court Refuses To Review Finding That Claimant Failed To Prove Disability

Mealey's (April 4, 2022, 11:17 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 4 denied a disability claimant’s petition for writ of certiorari, refusing to consider the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the disability claimant failed to prove that he was disabled from his own occupation as a result of sickness or injury according to the plan’s terms and pursuant to a de novo standard of review....