Health Plan Administrators Did Not Act In Fiduciary Capacity In Amending Plan

Mealey's (October 13, 2020, 9:25 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Oct. 8 dismissed a lawsuit filed by cinematographers against the plan administrators of a health plan for film and television workers because the plan administrators did not act in a fiduciary capacity when amending the terms of the health care plan to provide premium waivers and other subsidies to some plan participants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown of the entertainment industry (Greg Endries, et al. v. Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan, et al., No. 20-6347, C.D. Calif.)....