( January 8, 2025, 11:40 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling in favor of a disability insurer after determining that the lower court did not err in finding that the claimant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she is entitled to short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) benefits because she failed to provide any objective findings in support of her claimed disability....