2nd Circuit Affirms ERISA Case Dismissal For Lack Of Standing Based On Thole

Mealey's (June 8, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Home health aides lack standing under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to challenge the management of their employee benefit plan because winning or losing on their ERISA claims would not change their health benefits, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled June 7, affirming a New York federal judge’s dismissal of the aides’ putative class suit against their employers and a captive reinsurer based on the June 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A....