Judge Declines Dismissal Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Case Over ERISA Plan

Mealey's (February 10, 2020, 10:23 AM EST) -- STATESVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on Feb. 3 refused to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty case against a third-party health insurance administrator under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act over the administrator’s alleged failure to pay a plan participant’s medical expenses, which resulted in a loss to the plan when the expenses could not be claimed under a reinsurance policy (Technibilt Group Insurance Plan, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, No. 19-79, W.D. N.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19668)....