Judge Grants Preliminary Approval To Class Settlement In Speech Therapy Case

(September 22, 2022, 1:46 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on Sept. 21 granted preliminary approval to a settlement agreement including a $640,000 fund that the plaintiffs said likely provides complete compensation to an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class denied speech therapy and the insurer’s agreement not to impose any exclusion or limitation on the treatment for more than five years....