UPS Used Outdated Mortality Data to Tally Monthly Retirement Benefits, Class Action Alleges
May 2, 2022 A class action alleges UPS has miscalculated joint and survivor annuity benefits for retirees and their beneficiaries.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Unlawfully Denied Coverage for Behavioral Health Treatment, Class Action Alleges
May 2, 2022 A class action claims Blue Cross denied coverage for services rendered at residential treatment facilities based on “faulty” medical necessity criteria.
Amick Farms Broiler Chicken Growers Misclassified as Independent Contractors, Lawsuit Alleges
April 19, 2022 A lawsuit claims Amick Farms misclassified growers as independent contractors and denied them the wages and benefits they should have received as employees.
Class Action Alleges ‘Extraordinarily Risky Investments’ Cost African Methodist Episcopal Church Retirement Plan Nearly $100M
March 23, 2022 A class action lawsuit alleges the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. and the bodies responsible for overseeing its retirement plan have mismanaged the plan to the tune of tens of millions of dollars in losses.
African Methodist Episcopal Church Failed to Properly Manage Retirement Fund, Class Action Alleges
March 23, 2022 The African Methodist Episcopal Church faces a class action over its alleged mishandling of an employee pension fund that may have lost millions as a result.
Ex-United Employees Allege Airline Wrongfully Blocked Them from 2021 ‘Voluntary Separation’ Leave Program
March 14, 2022 Six former United employees allege in a class action that the airline has prevented certain eligible retirees from participating in a “voluntary separation” leave program offered amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health Insurance: Amazon COBRA Notices Contained ‘Threatening’ Language, Class Action Alleges
March 1, 2022 A lawsuit claims Amazon deliberately attempted to discourage former health plan participants from electing to continue their insurance coverage under COBRA.
Class Action Claims Ryder Systems Sent Deficient COBRA Notices
February 24, 2022 A lawsuit claims Ryder System has failed to provide sufficient COBRA notices after certain health plan participants are terminated or otherwise lose insurance.
ERISA Lawsuit Claims Centene Corp. Failed to Properly Monitor Employee Retirement Plan Costs
February 23, 2022 A class action alleges Centene Corporation failed to prudently monitor its employee retirement plan’s expenses and select prudent investment options.
Taylor Corporation Failed to Prudently Manage Employee Retirement Plan, Class Action Alleges
February 16, 2022 A lawsuit claims Taylor Corporation and its board of directors and fiduciary investment committee failed to prudently manage the company’s employee retirement plan.
General Motors Hit with Class Action Over Allegedly Deficient COBRA Notices
February 9, 2022 A lawsuit claims GM failed to provide employees with proper notice of their right to continued health insurance after they lose coverage due to a qualifying event.
Fluor Corporation Hit with ERISA Class Action Over Alleged Retirement Plan Losses
January 26, 2022 Fluor Corporation faces a class action that alleges the firm and its board of directors are to blame for significant 401(k) plan losses.
Class Action Claims DISH Network Failed to Prudently Manage Employee Retirement Plan
January 24, 2022 A class action claims DISH Network failed to maintain reasonable plan expenses and select better performing investment options for its retirement plan.
Boston Children’s Hospital Hit with Class Action Over ‘Excessive’ Retirement Plan Expenses, ‘Poor’ Investment Choices [UPDATE]
January 21, 2022 Boston Children's Hospital and its retirement plan committee face a class action over allegedly excessive recordkeeping and administrative costs incurred by participants.
Class Action Alleges Prudential Increases Group Long-Term Care Insurance Rates Without State Regulator Approval
January 21, 2022 A lawsuit claims Prudential falsely represented that it would only increase premium rates for group long-term care insurance plans if approved by a state regulator.
Wells Fargo COBRA Notices Miss the Mark, Class Action Claims [UPDATE]
January 13, 2022 A class action alleges Wells Fargo has failed to provide health plan participants and their beneficiaries with proper notice of their right to continued insurance coverage following a qualifying event.
McDonald’s Sent Ex-Employees ‘Deficient’ COBRA Notices, Class Action Alleges [UPDATE]
December 16, 2021 McDonald’s Corporation has failed to provide workers with proper notice of their right to continued health insurance coverage under COBRA, a lawsuit alleges..
Class Action Claims Voya Financial Saddled Employee Retirement Plan with Poor Investment Options, High Fees
December 15, 2021 A lawsuit claims Voya Financial and its affiliates have failed to prudently manage their employee retirement plan’s investment options and recordkeeping fees.
Class Action Claims Capital One Provides Deficient COBRA Notices
December 9, 2021 A lawsuit alleges COBRA notices issued by Capital One are missing key information on the continuation of healthcare coverage and fail to comply with federal law.
United Retiree Alleges Airline Did Not Allow Her to Opt Into Better Plan Despite Promising to Do So
December 2, 2021 A proposed class action alleges United Airlines has unlawfully prevented some retirees from obtaining the benefits of a more recent “early out” plan.
Class Action Argues Washington WA Cares Benefits Fund Preempted by Federal Retirement Law
November 11, 2021 A class action aims to challenge Washington’s Long-Term Services and Support Trust Program, whereby workers in the state will pay into a trust fund $0.58, after tax, for every $100 earned.
Lawsuit: United Behavioral Health Wrongfully Denied Coverage for Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment
November 5, 2021 A lawsuit claims United Behavioral Health unlawfully denied coverage for certain mental health and substance use disorder treatments based on overly restrictive criteria.
Class Action Claims Advance Auto Parts 401(k) Participants Lost Millions Due to ‘Excessive Costs’
October 25, 2021 Advance Auto Parts and its retirement plan committee face a class action over their alleged selection of expensive mutual funds despite the existence of otherwise identical yet cheaper alternatives.
Class Action Claims Deloitte Retirement Plans Racked up Millions in ‘Unreasonable’ Fees
October 19, 2021 Deloitte, LLP faces a class action that alleges nearly 90,000 retirement plan participants and beneficiaries have lost millions as a result of excessively high fees.
Class Action: Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Unlawfully Denied Coverage for Autism Treatment
September 30, 2021 A class action claims Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin unlawfully denied insurance coverage for certain autism spectrum disorder treatments.
Aetna Unlawfully Refused to Cover Inpatient Autism Treatment, Class Action Alleges
September 27, 2021 A class action alleges Aetna has violated federal law by refusing to cover inpatient treatment for certain mental health disorders, including autism spectrum disorder.
Class Action Alleges United Service Workers Union Failed to Properly Manage Benefit Funds
September 16, 2021 A lawsuit claims the Building Industry Electrical Contractors Association and a laborers' union have failed to properly administer union-sponsored multiemployer benefit funds.
Lawsuit Claims UnitedHealth Overcharged Employee Benefit Plans Through ‘Shared Savings’ Scheme
September 3, 2021 A proposed class action claims UnitedHealth bilked millions of dollars from self-funded employee benefit plans through a so-called “Shared Savings” program.
Lawsuit Claims Tidelands Health’s Isokinetic Test Discriminates Against Disabled, Female Job Applicants
August 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Tidelands Health has unlawfully discriminated against disabled and female new hires by administering a required strength test prior to employment.
Class Action Claims Juniper Networks’ Imprudent Management of Retirement Plan Caused Millions in Losses
August 18, 2021 A class action alleges the fiduciaries of the Juniper Networks employee 401(k) retirement plan failed to properly monitor the plan’s fees and investment options.
Xerox Saddled Retirement Plan with Excessive Recordkeeping Fees for Years, Class Action Claims
August 12, 2021 Xerox and the administrator of its 401(k) plan face a class action that alleges participants were forced to pay millions in recordkeeping fees at well above market rates over roughly six years.
‘Mismanaged’: Class Action Alleges SeaWorld Owes More than $53.5 Million in 401(k) Losses
August 11, 2021 A class action alleges SeaWorld has unlawfully mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan to the tune of more than $53.5 million in losses.
Class Action Challenges Adventist Health System/Sunbelt ‘Church Plan’ Status, Claims COBRA Notices Were Deficient
July 16, 2021 A class action contends Adventist Health System/Sunbelt has failed to provide employees with lawful notice of their right to elect for COBRA health coverage.
AAA Carolinas Hit with Class Action Over Allegedly Excessive Fees Wracked Up by Employee 401(k) Plan
July 7, 2021 AAA Carolinas has flooded its employee 401(k) plan with “extremely expensive, often underperforming” investment options, a class action alleges.
‘Contrary to the Science’: Excellus BCBS Wrongfully Denied Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer, Class Action Alleges
July 1, 2021 A Lake Placid, New York resident challenges Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s apparent denial of coverage for proton beam therapy to treat prostate cancer.
Red Cross Sued Over Retirement Plan’s Allegedly Imprudent Investment Options, Excessive Fees [UPDATE]
June 18, 2021 A group of lawsuits claims the Red Cross and its benefits plan committee have failed to properly monitor the fees and investment selections in their employee retirement plan.
Lawsuit Claims Legg Mason Workers Misclassified as Temporary Employees, Denied Benefits
June 16, 2021 An ex-Legg Mason worker claims she was unlawfully misclassified as a temporary worker and denied certain benefits associated with full-time employment.
Class Action Claims Costco Attempts to Scare Individuals Away from Electing COBRA Coverage
June 10, 2021 Costco has repeatedly failed to provide participants in and beneficiaries of its healthcare plan with lawful COBRA notices upon a “qualifying event,” a class action claims.
Class Action Claims University of Tampa Retirement Plan Participants Pay ‘Grossly Excessive’ Admin Fees
May 10, 2021 A class action aims to represent more than 1,400 University of Tampa employees alleged to have paid over the past six years an estimated $3 million in retirement plan administrative fees.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Facing ERISA Class Action Over Allegedly ‘Unreasonable’ 401(k) Plan Fees [UPDATE]
April 16, 2021 The parties responsible for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s 401(k) defined contribution pension plan allowed it to incur “objectively unreasonable” fees for retirement plan services, a class action alleges.
Class Action Claims Humana Failed to Properly Monitor 401(k) Plan Costs, Investment Options
April 14, 2021 Humana faces a class action over alleged shortcomings with regard to keeping expenses for the company's employee retirement savings plan low and appropriately judging the prudence of each investment option.
Brenntag Hit with Class Action Over ‘Deficient’ COBRA Notices
March 18, 2021 Brenntag failed to properly notify health plan participants of their right to continued coverage after the occurrence of a qualifying event, a lawsuit alleges.
L3Harris Technologies Has ‘Repeatedly’ Violated COBRA Notice Rules, Class Action Claims
March 16, 2021 A class action alleges the L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee (L3) failed to send COBRA notices in compliance with federal law.
Class Action Claims Nextep Imprudently Managed Multiple Employer Retirement Plan
March 11, 2021 A lawsuit claims Nextep “wasted” the assets of its retirement plan by failing to remove imprudent investment options and allowing excessive fees to be charged.
IBM Health Insurance Plan ‘Discriminates’ Against Enrollees with Developmental Mental Health Conditions, Class Action Alleges
March 3, 2021 A class action alleges IBM has discriminated against health plan enrollees with developmental mental health conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, by routinely excluding or limiting coverage for speech, occupational and physical therapies.
Princeton, Aetna Have No Right to Seek Repayment from Man’s Personal Injury Settlement, Class Action Says
March 1, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Princeton University and Aetna Life Insurance Co. are among a number of parties who have wrongfully sought coverage reimbursements from portions of personal injury settlements.
Class Action Claims Kinder Morgan Unlawfully Cut Workers’ Retirement Benefits
February 23, 2021 A class action claims Kinder Morgan violated ERISA by decreasing retirement plan participants’ accrued benefits and modifying the factors for early retirement.
‘Objectively Unreasonable’: Mercedes-Benz Hit With Class Action Over Retirement Plan Service Fees
January 20, 2021 A class action alleges Mercedes-Benz and the directors of its employee 401(k) retirement savings plan have caused participants to pay “unreasonable and excessive” annual service fees.
Lawsuit Claims Associated Banc-Corp Loaded Retirement Plan with ‘Poorly Performing’ Options
January 20, 2021 A class action claims Associated Banc-Corp loaded its employee retirement plan with imprudent investments and allowed the plan to be charged excessive fees.
Bank of America Hit with Class Action Over Allegedly ‘Deficient’ COBRA Notice
November 25, 2020 A former Bank of America employee claims he and other workers were not provided with proper notice of their right to continued healthcare coverage under COBRA.