Kentucky Federal Judge: Dispute Over Agreement Fails To State Claim Under ERISA

(March 2, 2017, 3:35 PM EST) -- LONDON, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge on Feb. 7 granted a university’s motion to dismiss a claim that a disputed agreement that would give the university’s former president lifetime retirement benefits, including health insurance, was a denial of Employee Retirement Income Security Act-protected benefits because the agreement is not governed by ERISA (Dr. James Taylor, et al. v. University of the Cumberlands, No. 6:16-cv-109, E.D. Ky., Southern Div., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17005)....