Mealey's ( March 29, 2023, 11:08 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge denied a disability claimant’s motion to vacate a prior opinion dismissing negligence and bad faith claims against a physician employed by a disability insurer because the claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the claimant failed to provide any legal authority supporting the contention that the bad faith claim should proceed....