(November 2, 2017, 12:01 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on Oct. 30 vacated a default judgment in a hospital’s ERISA case challenging an employer’s and insurer’s alleged failure to compensate it for more than $1 million in medical care, saying the defendant raised potentially valid defenses to the claims. However, the judge ordered a hearing on potential sanctions related to the “extremely troubling” conduct by the defendant’s executive that led to the original judgment (Hudson Hospital OPCO LLC, et al. v. Regency Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC, et al., No. 16-5673, D. N.J.)....