7th Circuit Upholds $5-Per-Day Penalty To Doctor For ERISA Plan Document Delay

Mealey's (July 29, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal trial court in Illinois did not abuse its discretion by awarding a penalty of $5 per day to a medical provider for an ERISA plan's failure to timely provide plan documents to the provider, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 24 in a nonprecedential opinion, rejecting the provider's argument that the amount of the penalty was too small (W.A. Griffin v. TeamCare, et al., Nos. 19-2905 and 19-2906, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 23386)....