(June 5, 2019, 12:40 PM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A putative class action was filed May 31 against Duke Energy Corp. under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Tennessee Human Rights Act, alleging that the company wrongfully denied accrued sick leave and short-term disability for its welfare benefit plan participants who were older than 40 (Darrell Pridy, et al. v. Duke Energy Corporation, No. 19-00468, M.D. Tenn.). ...