Plaintiffs Plausibly Allege Plan Is Not Properly Maintained As Church Plan

(September 19, 2018, 3:34 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Sept. 6 denied a retirement plan’s motion to dismiss as it pertained to all but the plaintiffs’ specific performance claim after determining that the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that the plan is not properly maintained as a church plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Starla Rollins et al., v. Dignity Health et al., No. 13-1450, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152321)....