Legal Opinion
Baptista v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 14, 2012No. C.A. No. 010-467-MLPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MARY M. LISI, Chief Judge.
This case was brought by Nancy Baptista (“Baptista”) as a class action suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”) regarding the defendants’ practice of administering death benefits from certain employee benefit plans insured by the defendants. A proposed settlement class (together with Baptista, the “Plaintiffs”) was conditionally certified for settlement purposes pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3). The matter before the Court is the Plaintiffs’ motion for final approval of the class action…
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