Review Of Choice-Of-Law Ruling In Disability Suit Not Warranted, Insurer Says

Mealey's (March 19, 2021, 12:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Review of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling on a disability plan’s choice-of-law provision is not warranted because no circuit split exists on how choice-of-law provisions are interpreted in policies governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and because choice-of-law provisions are uniformly honored by circuit courts, a disability insurer says in a March 18 response to a disability claimant’s petition for writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court....