Disabled Retiree Asks U.S. High Court To Review ERISA Forum-Selection Dispute

Mealey's (December 1, 2017, 10:55 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A retiree seeking reinstatement of his terminated health benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a forum-selection dispute is not likely to have his petition for writ of certiorari granted and so no stay should be issued pausing the district court proceedings, the retiree’s former employer, Caterpillar Inc., argues in its opposition to application to stay filed Nov. 29 in the U.S. Supreme Court (George W. Mathias v. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, et al., No. 17-740, U.S. Sup.)....