Federal Judge Denies Reconsideration Of ERISA Plan Exhaustion Ruling

Mealey's (March 5, 2021, 8:26 AM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Feb. 19 denied a motion seeking reconsideration of a May ruling on whether Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan participants needed to exhaust administrative remedies before suing for payment of benefits, finding that neither the summary plan description (SPD) nor the plan document indicates that an administrative appeal must be filed first....