Former HCA Health Worker Gets OK to Pursue ERISA Claims

A former HCA Health Services of New Hampshire Inc. worker can pursue her claims that the health-care facilities operator violated ERISA by terminating her employment to allegedly prevent her from receiving employee benefits, the U.S. District for the District of New Hampshire ruled (Brown v. HCA Health Servs. of N.H., Inc., 2016 BL 8016, D.N.H., 1:15-cv-00323-AJ, 1/12/16).

In her Jan. 12 opinion, Judge Andrea K. Johnstone denied in part HCA Health’s motion to dismiss, holding that the worker’s complaint alleged sufficient facts to state interference claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Family and ...