January 07, 2020
Adventist Health Systems has ducked a proposed class action accusing it of misusing an Employee Retirement Income Security Act exemption for churches and their affiliates, with a Florida federal judge shutting the door on the "convoluted" lawsuit for good on Tuesday.
March 26, 2019
A Florida federal judge ripped into a proposed class of Adventist Health employee retirement plan participants on Monday for wasting his time on a "convoluted" lawsuit against the health care system, tossing the participants' latest Employee Retirement Income Security Act complaint but giving them another chance to file it.
November 09, 2018
Adventist Health System has urged a Florida federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing the health care system of underfunding its retirement plans in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing that the participant leading the suit failed to fix its flaws.
July 23, 2018
Adventist Health Systems must face allegations that it misused the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's church exemption, a Florida federal judge decided Monday in an order that pared down a proposed class action against Adventist but foiled the company's attempt to sink the whole suit.
May 11, 2018
The federal government intervened Friday in a proposed class action in Florida accusing Adventist Health System of underfunding employee pension plans in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, but only for the limited purpose of defending the constitutionality of the law's "church plan" exemption.
March 13, 2018
An Adventist Health System pension participant on Monday pushed back at the faith-based hospital organization's bid to exit her suit that claimed it underfunded employee retirement plans by millions, saying the organization breached its duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
November 04, 2016
An Adventist Health System pension participant has slapped the faith-based hospital organization with a class action in Florida federal court, claiming it underfunded employee retirement plans by millions of dollars in violation of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.