Widow Refutes United States’ Request To Deny Her Appeal Of ERISA Benefits Dispute

Mealey's (June 12, 2018, 10:27 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petitioner on June 1 responded to the government’s amicus curiae brief opining that the U.S. Supreme Court should deny her request seeking a determination of which section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act a claim for breach of fiduciary duty may be filed under, contending that if the high court denies review, plan participants who live and work within the boundaries of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals “face an indefensible pleading standard that robs them of an important statutory cause of action and stands at odds with the rest of the country” (Jennifer Strang v. Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan, et al., No. 17-528, U.S. Sup.)....