Panel Affirms: ERISA Claim For Denied Benefits Already Litigated

Mealey's (May 14, 2019, 11:54 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge’s rejection on res judicata grounds of allegations that a plaintiff was wrongfully denied retirement benefits was affirmed May 8 by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Kathleen Whelehan v. Bank of America Benefit Appeals Committee, et al., No. 18-2668, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14052)....