GTM Sportswear Can Seek $150K in Benefits From Worker’s Lawyers

Apparel maker GTM Sportswear moved one step closer to forcing a law firm to reimburse the company’s health plan for nearly $150,000 in medical benefits paid after an employee’s car accident.

Bretz & Young, the Kansas-based law firm that litigated the employee’s personal injury lawsuit, can be sued by the health plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a federal judge ruled Feb. 20. The firm argued that it never agreed to be bound by the terms of the health plan, which included a provision requiring employees to pay back benefits they receive for injuries that later lead to ...