High Court’s Review Of 9th Circuit’s Offset Ruling Not Warranted, Plan Says

Mealey's (May 30, 2018, 11:07 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should deny a disability claimant’s petition for writ of certiorari in a dispute over the offsetting of a claimant’s long-term disability (LTD) benefits to account for Social Security disability income (SSDI) benefits received on behalf of the claimant’s dependents because the plan administrators applied the language of the LTD plan as written, the defendants maintain in a May 25 response brief (Susan Rene Jones v. Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp., et al., No. 17-1478, U.S. Sup.)....