Plan, Participant In Longstanding ERISA Row Brief Supreme Court

Mealey's (September 19, 2019, 1:58 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that a New Jersey federal judge did not abuse his discretion in disallowing discovery in a protracted legal dispute between a health benefit plan and one of its participants, the U.S. Supreme Court was told recently (Bernard McLaughlin v. National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, No. 19-190, U.S. Sup.)....