Win for J&J Ripples to Similar Wells Fargo Case on Health Costs

The dismissal of a former Johnson & Johnson employee’s lawsuit over the company’s health plan costs won’t affect a similar case against Wells Fargo & Co., attorneys for the plaintiffs told a Minnesota federal court.

The former Wells Fargo employees alleged in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota that the bank violated its fiduciary duties by overpaying for prescription drugs through its health plan’s pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, Inc. A judge Jan. 24 dismissed most of a similar lawsuit from former Johnson & Johnson employee Ann Lewandowski in the US District Court for the District of ...