November 15, 2021
Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries has agreed to shell out $2.8 million to settle a proposed class action saying it violated federal benefits law by using outdated life expectancy data to shortchange participants on retirement benefits.
January 03, 2021
In 2021, courts stand poised to consider whether employers can kick benefit plan mismanagement suits to arbitration and whether two novel theories in class actions over retirement plans hold water. Here, Law360 highlights six ERISA cases to watch in the new year.
August 31, 2020
A Virginia magistrate judge has recommended that Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. face an ERISA class action accusing the company of shorting workers on retirement benefits, holding that it may have been unreasonable to use a 1971 mortality table in benefit calculations.
February 25, 2020
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday gave class status to a group of retired Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. shipbuilders in a suit accusing the company of using outdated mortality rates to short them on pension benefits.
February 20, 2020
Huntington Ingalls must face a proposed class action from retired shipbuilders who accuse the company of using outdated mortality rates to short them on pension benefits, a Virginia federal judge has ruled.
January 28, 2020
Huntington Ingalls Industries urged a Virginia federal judge to sink a proposed class action by retired shipbuilders claiming the company used outdated mortality tables to short them on retirement benefits, saying the case is at odds with both "the law and common sense."
December 16, 2019
Retirees of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. who claim the shipbuilding company violated federal benefits law by using outdated mortality rates to short them on benefits payments are asking a Virginia federal judge to certify their suit as a class action.
July 12, 2019
A proposed class of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. retirees have gone to bat against their former employer's argument that their pension lawsuit doesn't hold up, telling a Virginia federal judge that the shipbuilding company contradicts itself in its bid to dismiss the litigation.
May 20, 2019
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Virginia federal court Monday, accusing the shipbuilder of shorting workers benefits by using "grossly outdated" life expectancy data to calculate pension fund payments in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.