Belknap v. Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Case Number:
1:19-cv-11437
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
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March 18, 2022
ERISA Suit Against Mass General Brigham Heads To 1st Circ.
Retirees who allege Mass General Brigham lowballed their annuity payouts due to outdated actuarial assumptions are turning to the First Circuit to challenge a recent trial court ruling throwing out their proposed class action.
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March 04, 2022
Mass General Brigham Beats ERISA Suit Over Old Death Rates
Mass General Brigham escaped a benefits suit Friday when a federal judge ruled it is impossible to say whether the health system is shortchanging retirees by using a decades-old actuarial table to calculate payouts.
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January 03, 2022
ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In 2022
Benefits attorneys will be waiting to see if the U.S. Supreme Court revives a suit against Northwestern University, and wondering whether the high court will weigh in on cases involving California's state-run retirement program and pharmacy benefit managers' latitude in setting drug prices. Here, Law360 previews six ERISA cases, at the high court and below, to watch in the coming year.
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August 05, 2020
Mass General Brigham Can't Duck ERISA Suit Yet, Judge Says
Mass General Brigham failed to dismiss a suit alleging it shortchanges retirees on their benefits, as a federal judge ruled Wednesday that expert testimony may be needed to determine whether the health system can use a decades-old actuarial table.
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July 15, 2020
Partners HealthCare ERISA Plan Must Be Rational, Judge Told
A proposed class of Partners HealthCare employees told a federal judge Wednesday that the Massachusetts health network must provide a rationale for using a decades-old actuarial table to calculate retirees' benefits, a system they claim shortchanges workers.
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January 27, 2020
Partners Healthcare Must Face Trimmed ERISA Suit
A Massachusetts federal judge has refused to throw out a retiree's proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action accusing the Partners Healthcare network of using an outdated mortality table to calculate benefits, but agreed to narrow the case's scope.
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July 01, 2019
Partners Uses Old Mortality Rates For Annuities, Suit Says
Partners Healthcare, the largest health care network in Massachusetts, uses a 60-year-old mortality table to calculate retirement benefits for some former employees, robbing them of thousands of dollars in defiance of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to a proposed class action in Boston federal court.