Be Careful of Comments on Healthcare Costs: Sixth Circuit Denies Summary Judgment on ERISA Interference and Retaliation Claims Based on Management Comments that Healthcare Costs are Rising

Seyfarth Synopsis: An employer, which had paid medical expenses on behalf of an employee’s dependent son, made comments about the company’s rising healthcare costs several months before firing the employee. The Sixth Circuit found this was enough to warrant a trial on the employee’s ERISA interference and retaliation claims.

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