Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and its Employee Welfare Plan v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

  1. October 18, 2016

    Mich. Tribe Wants Info On Blue Cross Profits In ERISA Suit

    The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians on Tuesday looked to force Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to disclose information about the rates of return it earns on specific investments in the tribe's suit alleging the insurer flouted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act while administering an employee health benefit plan.

  2. October 06, 2016

    Blue Cross Wants Tribe To Hand Over Docs In ERISA Suit

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan urged a federal court on Thursday to force the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to comply with its discovery requests in the tribe's suit alleging the insurer flouted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act while administering the tribe's employee health benefit plan.

  3. September 26, 2016

    Blue Cross Presses To Trim Michigan Tribe's ERISA Claims

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan continued to press a federal court Friday to pare down the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' suit alleging the insurer mismanaged the tribe's employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, arguing it had no duty to cap health care claims at certain rates.

  4. August 22, 2016

    Blue Cross Pushes For Partial Redo In Tribe's ERISA Suit

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan continued to press a federal judge Friday to reconsider part of a previous ruling in the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' lawsuit alleging the insurer mismanaged the tribe's employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  5. August 12, 2016

    Blue Cross Tries To Whittle Down Tribe's ERISA Claims

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan pressed a federal court Thursday to trim part of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' lawsuit alleging the insurer mismanaged the tribe's employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  6. May 12, 2016

    BCBS Mich. Seeks Partial Redo In Tribe's ERISA Suit

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan asked a federal judge Wednesday to rethink holding the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians had sufficiently supported its claim that the insurer overpaid for hospital services in a suit alleging mismanagement of the tribe's employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

  7. April 27, 2016

    Blue Cross Can't Escape Mich. Tribe's ERISA Suit

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday largely denied Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's bid to toss a suit from the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, which alleges the insurer mismanaged its employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying the tribe's suit meets necessary requirements.

  8. January 29, 2016

    Insurer Says Tribe Hasn't Shown Plan Is Governed By ERISA

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan urged a Michigan federal judge again Thursday to nix a tribe's suit alleging it mismanaged its employee benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying the tribe hasn't demonstrated that the plan is governed by the law under a 2006 amendment.

  9. January 15, 2016

    Tribe Tells Court Its Benefits Plan Is Covered By ERISA

    A Michigan tribe hit back at a mutual insurance company's argument that the tribe cannot sue for the alleged mismanagement of its employee benefit plan under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying Thursday that Congress intended for certain tribal plans to be governed by ERISA.

  10. December 15, 2015

    Michigan Insurer Says Tribe's Plan Not Governed By ERISA

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan moved to dismiss a lawsuit alleging mismanagement of a tribe's employee benefit plan under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, telling a federal court Monday that governmental plans, including tribal plans, are excluded from ERISA regulation.