Federal Judge Permits ERISA Health Care Suit Over Air Transport Payment

(December 6, 2018, 2:07 PM EST) -- BILLINGS, Mont. — A woman’s claim seeking to recover additional payments from her health insurer for air transport is timely under the ambiguous terms of the plan, she has standing under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and her claims support a breach of fiduciary duty claim, a federal judge in Montana held Dec. 3 in largely permitting her suit to proceed (Jennifer Tawater v. Health Care Services Corp., et al., No. 18-47, D. Mont., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204309)....

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