Princeton Trustees, Others Seek Dismissal Of Health Benefits Reimbursement Suit

Mealey's (March 22, 2021, 7:51 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A lawsuit by a Princeton University health plan participant who brought putative class claims accusing the plan fiduciaries of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by seeking reimbursements from plan members who receive personal injury recoveries must be dismissed as the plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies, ERISA preempts the state law claims and the breach of fiduciary duties claims fail for several reasons, the defendants argue in a March 5 motion to dismiss in a federal court in Pennsylvania....