ERISA Insurer Appeals Ruling Finding Residential Treatment Coverage Denial Arbitrary

Mealey's (October 11, 2021, 9:23 AM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — An insurer on Sept. 22 filed an amended notice appealing a Utah federal judge’s opinion finding that the insurer’s improper and inconsistent grounds for denying coverage for residential treatments were arbitrary and entitled the plaintiffs to partial summary judgment on their Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim....