8th Circuit To Decide Coverage Dispute For Student Athlete’s Injury

(August 9, 2016, 9:50 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An insurer of student athletes in a coverage dispute with an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan over which has primary coverage for an injured athlete’s medical expenses has asked the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to decide whether a trial court erred in finding that it has jurisdiction under ERISA and that the insurer is primarily responsible for the bills (Dakotas and Western Minnesota Electrical Industry Health and Welfare Fund v. First Agency, Inc., et al., No. 16-1846, 8th Cir.)...