( October 23, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — Finding that a claim for short-term disability (STD) benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act accrued only upon the plaintiff’s receipt of the final denial that ended his administrative appeal — and so falls outside the scope of a settlement agreement — a California federal judge issued a minute in-chambers order granting summary judgment for the claimant on the STD plan’s affirmative defense of release....