Disability Claimant Denied Full, Fair Review Under ERISA, 1st Circuit Panel Says

(December 6, 2021, 9:06 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 10 vacated a district court’s ruling in favor of a disability insurer after finding that a disability plan participant’s claim must be remanded to the plan administrator for a full and fair review because the insurer did not allow the claimant the opportunity to respond to the findings of an independent medical exam....