Among those partaking of the great food and fellowship at the Hawkeye Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association’s omelet breakfast Sunday were Mary Kime and Jan Jacobson, though the friends almost
A community conversation about reducing plastic pollution will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 6, at Grace Episcopal Church in the Mountains in Wa.
To the Editor: A Floridian friend, who recently arrived in Maggie Valley, called me Sunday morning to alert me to a sight she found disturbing. The di.
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While I sympathize with Kelly Egan as he jostles with the eclectic traffic on the NCC’s multi-use pathways, I do not support his recommendation to abandon the practice of announcing a cyclist’s presence and intentions to pass by ringing one’s bell.
Neither does the Highway Traffic Act. Having a bell in good working order is actually the law: “Every motor vehicle, motor assisted bicycle and bicycle shall be equipped with an alarm bell, gong or horn, which shall be kept in good working order and sounded whenever it is reasonably necessary to notify pedestrians or others of its approach.” Failure to do so can result in a fine of $110 (including court fees and surcharges).
High-court ruling thwarts ERISA stock-drop lawsuits
American Benefits Council s Jan Jacobson
More than six years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling on how courts should handle stock-drop cases, defined contribution participants claiming ERISA violations are struggling to vault the high hurdle set by the court.
Since the 2014 decision in Fifth Third Bancorp et al. vs. Dudenhoeffer et al., the annual number of stock-drop suits being filed has declined, especially when compared to the annual filings during and following the Great Recession.
Many U.S. District Court judges have dismissed ERISA complaints as they abide by the Dudenhoeffer guidelines. A handful of appeals courts have reversed lower court dismissals. For those few lawsuits that climbed the litigation ladder to the Supreme Court, the justices have shown little desire to review or revise the standards for determining if a stock-drop complaint should be dismissed or allowed to go to trial.