Boden et al v. St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

2:16-cv-00049

Court:

Kentucky Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

David L. Bunning

Firms

  1. July 25, 2019

    Ky. Hospital Defeats ERISA Suit Over Church Plan Exemption

    A federal judge ruled Thursday that a Kentucky hospital's pension plan is a "church plan" exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, dismissing a suit from the hospital's former workers accusing it of wrongly claiming the religious exemption while underfunding the plan.

  2. March 05, 2019

    Ky. Hospital, Ex-Workers Dig In Heels In 'Church Plan' Fight

    A Kentucky hospital and a group of its former employees doubled down on their arguments about whether the hospital's pension plan was a "church plan" exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, each urging a Kentucky federal judge to grant a quick win.

  3. January 10, 2019

    Hospital, Ex-Workers Seek Quick Wins In 'Church Plan' Row

    A Kentucky hospital and a group of its former employees have filed competing bids for quick wins on the issue of whether the hospital's pension plan warranted a religious exemption from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  4. October 05, 2018

    Ky. Hospital 'Church Plan' Suit Won't Be Nixed

    A Kentucky federal judge has said he won't revisit an April decision in which he refused to let former members of a Kentucky hospital pension plan's administrative committee off the hook on a claim that the plan had not been properly funded.

  5. August 29, 2018

    Hospital Says Pension Plan Qualifies For Church Exemption

    A Kentucky hospital again asked a federal judge to rule that its pension plan warranted a religious exemption provision in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing that the plan was both established by a church and maintained by a qualified organization.

  6. August 14, 2018

    Kentucky Hospital Must Face $166M Pension Suit

    A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Kentucky hospital must face claims it underfunded its employee retirement plan by $166 million due to its alleged misuse of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act exemption that is intended for churches.

  7. June 13, 2018

    Ky. Hospital Wants Ex-Employees' Pension Suit Tossed

    A Kentucky hospital accused of underfunding its pension plan by $166 million said the former employees bringing the suit relied on "half-truths and distortion" in making their allegations and urged a federal judge to toss the claims.

  8. May 09, 2018

    Hospital Pensioners Slam Request To End $166M ERISA Suit

    Members of a Kentucky hospital pension plan shot back Tuesday at plan administrators' request that a federal judge reconsider his decision to keep alive two claims alleging the benefit was underfunded by $166 million, saying the motion simply recycled old arguments.

  9. April 17, 2018

    Hospital Pension Admins Try Again To End $166M ERISA Suit

    The former members of a Kentucky hospital's pension plan administrative committee asked a federal judge Tuesday to revisit a decision that kept alive two claims brought by members of the plan allegedly underfunded by $166 million, arguing that the law "accommodates funding deficiencies."

  10. April 05, 2018

    Pensioners Keep Alive Bulk Of Ky. Hospital 'Church Plan' Row

    Former members of a Kentucky hospital pension plan's administrative committee must face allegations the plan was wrongly characterized as a "church plan" and underfunded by $166 million, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, though he freed the former committee members from other claims.