High Court Review Sought In Disability Benefits Case Over Discretionary Authority

Mealey's (December 22, 2021, 2:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 9 petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari regarding judgment in favor of a disability insurer, a beneficiary seeks a “uniform rule enforcing an ERISA plan’s choice of law and applying the chosen law to all plan participants” and a ruling that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does not preempt state law prescribing de novo judicial review for challenged benefit determinations....