Labor/Employment
Apr. 25, 2013
Health plans get a free-ride roadmap from US high court
Personal injury attorneys who represent injured workers covered by employer-sponsored health plans should be wary. Injured workers covered by employer-sponsored health plans should be warier.
Michelle L. Roberts
Partner, Kantor & Kantor, LLP
Labor & Employment
1050 Marina Village Pkwy, Ste 105
Alameda , CA 94501
Email: mroberts@kantorlaw.net
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Kantor & Kantor is a California-based law firm that represents insureds in ERISA-governed disability, life, health, and pension claims.
Personal injury attorneys who represent injured workers covered by employer-sponsored health plans should be wary. Injured workers covered by employer-sponsored health plans should be warier. In a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning equitable remedies under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), US Airways v. McCutchen, 2013 DJDAR 4817 (2013), the court provided a roadmap for health plans to free ride on the recovery obtained by plan particip...
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