In Reversal, 9th Circuit Says Insurer Didn’t Meet Burden On Reasonableness

Mealey's (April 5, 2022, 9:30 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 29 reversed and remanded an Arizona federal judge’s grant of summary judgment in a bad faith case, ruling in an unpublished memorandum disposition that holding a long-term disability policy to be part of an employee welfare benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was an error, and so was concluding that the insurer’s actions were reasonable as a matter of law....

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