Mealey's (October 31, 2019, 9:03 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A district court properly dismissed a former employee’s claim alleging that her termination of employment was a violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the former employee failed to prove that her termination prevented her from receiving the spousal death benefits to which she claims she was entitled, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Oct. 28 (Minnie Spangler v. East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc., No. 19-5034, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32210)....