Plan Participants Object To Magistrate’s Recommendation To Strike Jury Request

Mealey's (November 12, 2018, 3:12 PM EST) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Plan participants accusing Vanderbilt University, the oversight committee and members of the committee of mismanaging an employee retirement plan in violation of the Employee Income Retirement Security Act on Nov. 5 objected to a federal magistrate judge’s Oct. 22 recommendation to strike their request for a jury trial, contending that their requests for damages should be decided by a jury because they are legal and not equitable (Loren L. Cassell, et al. v. Vanderbilt University, et al., No. 16-2086, M.D. Tenn.)....