8th Circuit:  Terms Allowed ERISA Plan To Seek Reimbursement From Member

Mealey's (July 9, 2019, 9:31 AM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — Terms of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan contained in the summary plan description (SPD) permitted the plan to seek reimbursement of health benefits paid to a member for injuries caused by another after that party’s insurer settled, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 3 (MBI Energy Services v. Robert Hoch, No. 18-1539, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19936)....