Insurer, Fiduciary Escape Orthopedic Provider’s ERISA Claims

Mealey's (October 20, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A provider of orthopedic procedures improperly casts an insurer who merely performs ministerial tasks as a fiduciary and never adequately alleges that the actual fiduciary violated any obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a federal judge in New Jersey said Oct. 18 in granting dismissal....