Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court May Consider Social Security Administration Ruling That Was Not Before the Plan Administrator
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21
In Perez v. Lincoln Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 1495 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2021), the Ninth Circuit held that a district court reviewing a denial of disability benefits under ERISA may consider a Social Security Administration ruling that was not part of the administrative record. Plaintiff Alicia Perez was covered under a group LTD plan provided by her employer, GEP Administrative Services and administered by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company ("Lincoln"). Perez made a claim...
By: Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor