Legal Opinion

Jones v. NovaStar Financial, Inc.

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided April 6, 2009No. 4:08-cv-00490-NKLPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

NANETTE K. LAUGHREY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jennifer Jones (“Jones”) brings this putative class action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, *18429 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”), against various alleged fiduciaries of the NovaStar Financial, Inc. 401(k) Plan (“Plan”). She claims that the fiduciaries breached duties to the Plan and its participants. Before the Court is Jones’s Motion for Class Certification [Doc. # 38]. For the following reasons, the Court grants the motion.

I. Factual Background

Jones sues under §§ 409 and 502(a)(2) and (3) of ERISA.1 She seeks to recover…

2Cases cited31 opinions

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  2. General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. In re Schering Plough Corp. Erisa LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
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  3. Harris v. KoenigDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  4. Krueger v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2014
  5. Stanford v. Foamex L.P.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2009

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