Mealey's ( September 19, 2022, 12:24 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 16 affirmed a district court’s finding that a disability claimant’s former employer did not handle discretionary decisions related to claims for disability benefits and warned the disability claimant, who filed two prior appeals in related lawsuits, that any further frivolous appeals may be subject to monetary sanctions....