Aramark’s ERISA Remedy Spat With Aetna Gets Rehearing on Appeal

A dispute over Aetna Life Insurance Co.'s handling of health plans covering Aramark Services Inc. employees will be reviewed by the full Fifth Circuit, after the court vacated an opinion denying Aetna’s arbitration request.

The appeals court announced Tuesday that it will rehear the Employee Retirement Income Security Act dispute before its full slate of judges, with oral arguments to be scheduled at a later date. The court also withdrew its 2025 panel opinion in the case, which held that the dispute couldn’t be sent to arbitration because the case sought equitable relief under ERISA and therefore fell within a ...