October 19, 2021
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to a class action settlement he had twice rejected as defective, greenlighting a deal that would require Dignity Health to pay over $100 million to workers who claim the health system underfunded its pension plan by $1.8 billion via erroneous use of ERISA's church-plan exemption.
June 15, 2020
A federal judge again refused to bless a settlement requiring Dignity Health to pay as much as $747 million to end a suit claiming it underfunded its pension plan, saying thousands of ex-workers could end up with much less than what their claims were allegedly worth.
October 29, 2019
A California federal judge has refused to sign off on a deal requiring Dignity Health to pay over $100 million to resolve an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing the hospital system of underfunding its pension plan, saying "several obvious deficiencies" kept him from approving it.
April 23, 2019
Dignity Health has reached a deal to close the book on a proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action accusing the hospital system of underfunding its pension plan by $1.8 billion, according to a joint notice of settlement filed Tuesday.
April 03, 2013
A former employee hit Dignity Health with a putative class action in California federal court on Monday alleging that the health care conglomerate violates numerous provisions of ERISA, including underfunding its pension plans by $1.2 billion, while falsely claiming exemption from ERISA's protections.