Mealey's (September 25, 2017, 8:28 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 20 reversed a district court’s ruling in a life insurance benefits suit after determining that the plan participant is entitled to $250,000 in unpaid benefits because the life insurer waived the plan’s evidence of insurability requirement (Susan Salyers v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., No. 15-56371, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 18231)....