( March 6, 2026, 3:06 PM EST) -- UTICA, N.Y. — Purported class members who are unhappy with the terms of a proposed $1,415,000 settlement unsuccessfully sought to have separate class counsel appointed for a “Wilderness Subclass” that a New York federal judge said doesn’t exist in the case concerning allegations that United Behavioral Health violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by issuing blanket denials for residential treatments for mental health and chemical dependency claims when it considered even a single aspect of the facility’s treatment experimental....