8th Circuit Panel Affirms Equitable Relief Ruling In ERISA, ADEA Case

Mealey's (August 3, 2016, 1:05 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in an opinion filed July 27 affirmed the grant of equitable relief under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act to a woman who lost her job on the basis of her age because she did not receive continued coverage under her employer-based group health plan and some payments to her 401(k) plan (Vicki J. Smith v. Health Resources of Arkansas Inc., et al., No. 16-1066, 8th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13630)....