Mealey's ( May 25, 2017, 9:09 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 22 affirmed a district court’s finding that a disability claimant waived his rights to contest the termination of his disability benefits because the claimant signed a waiver of all rights, including his rights to contest the termination of his disability claim, as part of a settlement with his former employer for wrongful termination claims (Thomas A. Gonda v. The Permanente Medical Group Inc., et al., No. 15-16484, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8888)....