7th Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment, Discovery Ruling In ‘Tragic’ ERISA Case

( January 23, 2025, 3:07 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — Affirming a summary judgment and discovery ruling for a multiemployer health plan in “a tragic case” over refusal to reimburse close to $200,000 in out-of-network medical care, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said the discretion the plan gave its administrator and the “deferential standard of review” compelled the result....