Tax Injunction Act Deprives Federal Court Of Jurisdiction In Suit Over WA Cares

Mealey's (April 28, 2022, 3:18 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Dismissing a putative class challenge to Washington’s new public state-sponsored long-term care insurance program without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction, a Washington federal judge concluded in an April 21 order that the program is not governed or preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and that, pursuant to the Tax Injunction Act (TIA), any legal challenge to it “must be brought in state court.”...

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