Subscribe (Free) to
Daily or Weekly Newsletters
Post a Job

Featured Jobs

Regional Vice President of Sales

The Retirement Plan Company
(Remote / AL / FL / GA / MS)

The Retirement Plan Company logo

Retirement Plan Administrator

Bates & Company, Inc.
(Remote / Winter Park FL)

Bates & Company, Inc. logo

Business Development Director

AimPoint Pension
(Remote / Pompano Beach FL / AL / GA)

AimPoint Pension logo

Loan & Distribution Specialist

AimPoint Pension
(Remote)

AimPoint Pension logo

Defined Benefit Combo Cash Balance Compliance Consultant

Loren D. Stark Company (LDSCO)
(Remote)

Loren D.  Stark Company (LDSCO) logo

Director of 3(16) Operations

Compass
(Remote / NH / Hybrid)

Compass logo

View More Employee Benefits Jobs

Free Newsletters

“BenefitsLink continues to be the most valuable resource we have at the firm.”

-- An attorney subscriber

Mobile app icon
LinkedIn icon     Twitter icon     Facebook icon

Supreme Court Declines Request by Special Needs Trust to Review ERISA Plan's Right to Reimbursement
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Link to more items from this source
Nov. 24, 2013

"The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by a special needs trust asking whether funds paid into the trust by 'bona fide purchasers' on behalf of insured tortfeasors for the benefit of a health plan beneficiary pursuant to a settlement extinguished the health plan's right to recover in equitable subrogation under ERISA.... The Fifth Circuit [had ruled] that: [1] ACS was allowed to recover from the Special Needs Trust the costs that the plan bore on Griffin's behalf; [2] the Trust was a proper ERISA defendant; [3] the Trust received funds directly traceable to Griffin's tort recovery; and [4] the plan held a pre-existing equitable lien by agreement on the proceeds of the recovery after the plan paid Griffin's medical bills."

Please click here to report this link if it is broken (for example, if you see a "404 File Not Found" error message after you click on the linked news item's title).
An important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® created this link to the news item, but we are not the news item's author (unless expressly shown above).
© 2024 BenefitsLink.com, Inc.