Friday, March 7th, 2008
Alaska Supreme Court: Two Labor Opinions
ERISA preemption: The Court (per J. Matthews, with Fabe and Bryner not participating) affirmed Judge John Suddock’s judgment for two non-participants who sued their employer and a Trust Fund for negligently representing that they were were, in fact, participants in the health trust fund. Suddock, in a court trial, awarded the employees $56,000 for net medical costs […]