Mealey's (November 4, 2016, 9:06 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on Oct. 31 denied defense motions to transfer two putative class actions alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to the Eastern District of Missouri because the alleged ERISA breaches occurred in Illinois, and Missouri is not among the states where Wheaton Franciscan Services Inc. has employees or retirees who will be affected (Diann M. Curtis, et al. v. Wheaton Franciscan Services Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-4232, and Bruce Bowen, et al. v. Wheaton Franciscan Services Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-6782, N.D. Ill.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150227)....