Disability Plan Is Governed By ERISA, California Federal Judge Determines

Mealey's (February 15, 2017, 2:21 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Feb. 10 denied a plaintiff’s motion to remand a disability suit to state court because the disability plan at issue is not a “church plan” and is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Melvyn L. Durham v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America et al., No. 16-8202, C.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19402)....