Federal Judge Says Certain Penalties Apply Only To Disability Plan Administrators

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge on May 18 partially granted a disability insurer's motion to dismiss a plan administrator's cross-claim seeking contribution and indemnification after determining that the penalties sought under Section 1132(c) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act can be assessed only against plan administrators (Kimberly Lash v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-235, E.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75655).
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