Recorded on: May. 29, 2013
On April 16, the Supreme Court decided the case of US Airways v. McCutchen. In McCutchen, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether reimbursement provisions in a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan governed by ERISA are required to be enforced as they are written. The answer was a resounding yes, continuing the Court's line of reasoning that focuses on what the ERISA plan documents say, and reinforcing the importance of ...