6th Circuit:  Court Lacked Summary Judgment, Attorney Fees Authority In ERISA Suit

Mealey's (March 16, 2021, 11:07 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A trial court that entered, following an arbitrator’s award, summary judgment on Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims and awarded attorney fees to retirees and a labor union representing them in a dispute over termination of their health care benefits lacked the authority to do so, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 11, reversing the District Court’s judgment....