Allegations Of ‘Misprocessing’ Of Claims Under ERISA Fail, 9th Circuit Panel Affirms

Mealey's (December 22, 2021, 11:34 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal court correctly granted judgment in favor of a benefit plan’s administrator and claims administrator on a beneficiary’s allegations of “systemic misprocessing of claims” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a five-paragraph unpublished memorandum disposition issued Dec. 3....