10th Circuit Won’t Rehear Presuit Costs And Fees Case Concerning LTD Benefits

( December 29, 2025, 12:30 PM EST) -- DENVER — In an order issued without explanation nearly five months after the appellant filed a petition for panel rehearing that drew no response from the other party in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act case, the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined to revisit its rejection of a bid to make a long-term disability (LTD) insurer pay attorney fees and other costs for an administrative appeal that got benefits reinstated....