Washington University Tells 8th Circuit To Affirm Dismissal Of ERISA Suit

Mealey's (March 19, 2019, 1:39 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis and the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees (Wash U, collectively) tell the Eighth Circuit U.S Court of Appeals in a brief filed March 15 that it should affirm a federal judge in Missouri’s ruling dismissing a suit brought by plan participants accusing them of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, explaining that the judge properly found that the plaintiffs failed to successfully allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties when managing a retirement plan (Latasha Davis, et al. v. Washington University in St. Louis, et al., No. 18-3345, 8th Cir.)....