(April 18, 2024, 1:34 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri federal judge denied a motion to dismiss filed by disability plan defendants after determining that the claim for wrongful denial of benefits against the claims administrator can proceed because the plan delegated fiduciary discretion to the claims administrator and the claim for breach of fiduciary duty alleged against the plan and the claims administrator can proceed because the claim is not duplicative of the wrongful denial of benefits claim....