ERISA plan entitled to reimbursement
An ERISA plan was entitled to reimbursement for the cost of medical expenses it paid on behalf of a participant, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment for the plan. A beneficiary...
View ArticleCompany to pay $3 million in labor settlement
A federal court judge in Tennessee has approved a $3 million class action settlement agreement between Olan Mills Inc. and employees–past and current–in four states as compensation for the portrait...
View ArticleCourts can’t rewrite contract language in ERISA plan
A federal court could not apply equitable principles to rewrite contractual language in an ERISA plan it deemed unfair, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The decision reversed a ruling from the 3rd...
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A federal court could not apply equitable principles to rewrite contractual language in an ERISA plan it deemed unfair. See “Courts can’t rewrite contract language in ERISA plan” U.S. Supreme Court. US...
View ArticleMedicare plan can’t seek reimbursement from participant’s survivors
A private Medicare Advantage Organization plan could not sue a plan participant’s survivors for reimbursement out of the proceeds of an automobile insurance policy, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleVA may intervene in workers’ comp proceeding
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could intervene in the workers’ compensation proceeding of a veteran in order to ensure payment for medical care provided for a work-related injury, the...
View ArticleERISA plan could sue special needs trust
An ERISA plan could sue a special needs trust in order to obtain reimbursement for medical costs borne on behalf of a plan beneficiary injured in an automobile accident, the en banc 5th U.S. Circuit...
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