Douglass Cited In Fight Over Dismissal Recommendation In ERISA Suit Against Reinsurer

Mealey's (January 26, 2022, 12:52 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing in part the recent Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, trustees of a pension plan on Jan. 21 objected to a District of Columbia federal magistrate judge’s report recommending dismissal on jurisdictional grounds of their lawsuit over a Bermuda insurance and reinsurance company’s alleged failure to make $934 million in withdrawal liability payments....