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Labor/Employment

Jun. 13, 2023

Fiduciary duty applies to employee retirement benefit plans

Morris is significant because it changed the landscape of ERISA fiduciary duty law on these types of issues in a favorable way for ERISA plan participants. In doing so, the court strictly limited its landmark Bafford decision.

Robert J. McKennon

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Robert specializes in representing policyholders in life, health and disability insurance, insurance bad faith, ERISA and unfair business practices litigation. His firm's California Insurance Litigation Blog can be found at www.californiainsurancelitigation.com.

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Most employee benefits are governed by a federal law called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), including disability insurance, life insurance, accidental death insurance, health insurance, pensions, and other benefits offered by employers to their employees through their employee benefit plans. Sometimes the plan’s administrator or an insurance company (if the plan’s benefits are funded by an insurance policy), miscalculates the employee’s mo...

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