Ryder System Must Face Proposed Class Claims Over COBRA Notices

Ryder System Inc. can’t escape a proposed class action claiming it sends legally insufficient COBRA notices informing former workers of their right to keep their company-provided health coverage, a Florida federal court ruled, denying the transport company’s motion to dismiss.

The lawsuit by James Thompson III, the husband of a former Ryder employee, viably alleges Ryder failed to include all legally required information in a single notice, and that its practice of pointing to workers to a “catch-all” human resources number instead of adequately explaining the process for enrolling in coverage violates COBRA requirements, Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the ...