Panel Affirms Finding That Pension Plan Is Exempt Under ERISA As Church Plan

Mealey's (March 30, 2020, 11:46 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A trial court properly found that Mercy Health’s employee pension plan is a church plan and exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 27 in finding that the plaintiffs’ ERISA claims fail (Sally Sanzone, et al. v. Mercy Health, et al., No. 18-3574, 8th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 9537)....