D.C. Appellate Panel: ERISA Plan Administrator Wrongfully Denied Woman Benefits

Mealey's (July 7, 2017, 11:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia appeals panel on June 30 said a federal judge correctly ruled that a woman was totally disabled under the terms of her Employee Retirement Income Security Act-governed long-term disability plan and that the plan administrator has not satisfactorily supported its conclusion that she was ever capable of full-time work after November 2007 (Jill Marcin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-78125, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 11670)....