Interlocutory Appeal Of ERISA Church-Plan Ruling Not Warranted

Mealey's (February 10, 2021, 1:59 PM EST) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge on Feb. 4 denied a disability claimant’s motion for an interlocutory appeal on the issue of whether a disability plan is a church plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act after determining that there is no substantial ground for difference of opinion that would warrant an interlocutory appeal....