Massey & Gail LLP secured a complete summary judgment victory in an ERISA class action challenging administrative expenses in a multiemployer health plan. Plaintiffs alleged that the plan’s trustees breached fiduciary duties by incurring excessive expenses and improperly allocating those expenses among plan units. The court rejected those claims in full, finding no actionable harm.

The case raised novel issues regarding how administrative expenses are allocated within a single multiemployer plan.

The Massey & Gail team included Leonard Gail, Matthew Collette, Kylie Chiseul Kim, Peter Stasiewicz, and Brigid Carmichael.

Leonard Gail told Law360 that the decision “vindicates UHH’s longstanding position that plaintiffs’ claims were unsupported by the evidence.” Read Law360 coverage here.