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Smith v. OSF Healthcare System et al

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Case Number:

3:16-cv-00467

Court:

Illinois Southern

Nature of Suit:

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

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Staci M. Yandle

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  1. September 23, 2020

    OSF Workers Push For $25M Deal In 'Church Plan' Suit

    OSF HealthCare System has agreed to pay $25 million toward funding its retirement plans and guarantee benefits under the plans through 2025 to resolve a suit alleging it wrongly claimed an exemption for "church plans" to skirt ERISA requirements.

  2. July 31, 2020

    OSF HealthCare, Workers Reach Deal In Church Plan Suit

    OSF HealthCare System and a proposed class of workers have reached a settlement in a suit accusing OSF of wrongly using ERISA's church exemption to underfund its pension plans, about a year after the Seventh Circuit gave the case new life.

  3. September 28, 2018

    OSF HealthCare Beats Church Plan Suit

    OSF HealthCare System defeated a proposed class action accusing it of misusing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's church exemption on Friday, with an Illinois federal judge ruling that the health care network's ties to the Catholic church put it beyond ERISA's reach.

  4. September 21, 2018

    Health Care Network Wants Religious Exemption Suit Canned

    OSF HealthCare System urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of failing to properly fund its retirement plans while wrongly claiming a religious exemption in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing that the participants bringing the suit didn't "meaningfully address" a relevant Tenth Circuit ruling.

  5. September 12, 2018

    Workers Say Mo. Ruling Can't Aid Pensions In Exemption Row

    A proposed class of participants in defined benefit pension plans sponsored by OSF HealthCare System is fighting the corporation's contention that its quick win bid in an Illinois federal court suit is bolstered by a Missouri federal court decision that tossed a related case regarding so-called church plans.

  6. September 10, 2018

    Court Urged To Deny Quick Win In Church Plan ERISA Suit

    A proposed class of participants in defined benefit pension plans sponsored by OSF HealthCare System has shot back at the Catholic Church-affiliated health care corporation's bid for a quick win on claims in the suit accusing it of dodging pension obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  7. March 01, 2018

    Pensioners Seek Class OK In Church Plan ERISA Suit

    A group of participants in defined benefit pension plans sponsored by OSF HealthCare System on Wednesday urged an Illinois federal court to certify its class action accusing the Catholic Church-affiliated health care corporation of dodging pension obligations under ERISA.

  8. December 09, 2016

    JPML Won't Combine Hospital Co.'s ERISA Exemption Suits

    The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has declined to consolidate two putative class actions filed in separate Illinois federal courts accusing a Catholic Church-affiliated health care corporation of dodging its pension obligations.

  9. October 26, 2016

    No Stay In ERISA Suit While Justices Mull Church Ties

    An Illinois federal judge said Tuesday she won't pause a putative class action accusing a Catholic Church-affiliated health care corporation of dodging its pension obligations, rejecting the corporation's request for a stay ahead of decisions in similar cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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