5th Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc On ERISA Benefit Denial

Mealey's (November 15, 2021, 3:26 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an Oct. 25 order denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc regarding a decision that upheld a health plan benefit denial under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, declining an appellee’s request to reevaluate its “substantial evidence” standard for reviewing such denials....