NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 denied review of a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a plan administrator that refused to classify a disability as "football degenerative" to allow for an award of higher benefits did not abuse its discretion under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Gene Atkins v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, et al., No. 12-718, U.S. Sup.)....(read more)![]()
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