Mealey's (March 6, 2020, 9:35 AM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on March 3 denied an employer’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that former employees lost their medical benefits due to insufficient Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) notice in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and permitted discovery on the two named plaintiffs’ claims to proceed but denied class discovery, writing that “[c]lass issues will be addressed on a later schedule” (Milton Robles, et al. v. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, No. 19-2713, M.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36385)....