High Court Refuses To Consider Preemption Ruling In Disability Suit

Mealey's (October 2, 2017, 12:50 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 2 refused to review the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision that a former marketing director’s claims for disability insurance coverage against a medical review company are completely preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (James Hackney v. Allmed Healthcare Management Inc., No. 17-102, U.S. Sup.)....