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Date: 05-11-2023
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Case Number: 3:22-cv-00168-
Judge: Madeline Hughes Haikala
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Braxton Scott Thrash and William B. Wahlheim, Jr.
Description: Florence, Alabama insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an E.R.S.A. law theory.
This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama, 41-cv-22-900005 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.
ERISA requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding; sets minimum standards for participation, vesting, benefit accrual and funding; provides fiduciary responsibilities for those who manage and control plan assets; requires plans to establish a grievance and appeals process for participants to get benefits from their plans; gives participants the right to sue for benefits and breaches of fiduciary duty; and, if a defined benefit plan is terminated, guarantees payment of certain benefits through a federally chartered corporation, known as the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
In general, ERISA does not cover plans established or maintained by governmental entities, churches for their employees, or plans which are maintained solely to comply with applicable workers compensation, unemployment or disability laws. ERISA also does not cover plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of nonresident aliens or unfunded excess benefit plans.
Department of Labor
Outcome: 05/11/2023 10 CLERK'S COURT MINUTE ENTRY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF PARTIES:Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), the parties stipulated to dismissal of this action with prejudice. (Doc. #9). Signed by Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala on 5/11/2023. (DNW) (Entered: 05/11/2023)
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