Magistrate Judge Finds Autism Treatment Case Under ERISA May Proceed

Mealey's (April 4, 2018, 12:34 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A man’s suit claiming that his son received medically necessary autism treatment and that he tried unsuccessfully to engage his insurer in the claim process adequately alleges exhaustion of administrative remedies and is specific enough to support an Employee Retirement Income Security Act claim, a federal judge in Florida held April 2 (Stephen A. Marino Jr. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida Inc., et al., No. 17-22886, S.D. Fla.)....