ERISA Benefits Claim’s Survival Dooms Equity Claim, Judge Says

Mealey's (June 12, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A magistrate judge’s conclusion that a woman adequately alleges a claim seeking benefits for her daughter’s anorexia nervosa under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act precludes her from pleading an equitable relief claim based on the same allegations in the alternative, a federal judge in Florida said in adopting a report and recommendation on June 1 (Susan Hering v. New Directions Behavioral Health, et al., No. 19-1727, M.D. Fla.)....