9th Circuit Says District Court Wrongfully Refused To Reopen Disability Suit

Mealey's (March 22, 2021, 10:25 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 18 reversed a district court’s ruling denying a disability claimant’s motion to reopen one of two cases filed against a disability plan and plan administrator because the district court wrongfully assumed that the disability plan and plan administrator will eventually decide whether the claimant is totally disabled....