WCA Management’s $210,000 COBRA Settlement Clears First Hurdle

A $210,000 class settlement between WCA Management Co. and former employees who challenged the waste collection company’s health coverage notices cleared an early legal hurdle when a federal magistrate judge in Florida recommended the deal be approved.

The settlement is expected to provide a net payment of nearly $69 to each of about 1,771 participants and beneficiaries in WCA’s health plan who received COBRA notices of their right to continue health coverage but didn’t elect to stay covered. Magistrate Judge Leslie R. Hoffman of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Monday concluded that the deal ...