10th Circuit Rules Denial Of ERISA Benefits For Surrogate Pregnancy Is Proper

Mealey's (May 22, 2020, 1:06 PM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 19 affirmed a lower court’s determination that an Employee Retirement Income and Security plan administrator could rely on a “non-traditional medical services” exclusion to block benefits to a Utah woman for acting as a surrogate mother (Wendy Moon v. Tall Tree Administrators, LLC, et al., No. 18-4034, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 15936)....