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Hearing set in Wal-Mart same-sex benefits settlement
Source: Associated Press
Hearing set in Wal-Mart same-sex benefits settlement
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — May 15, 2017, 12:19 AM ET
A federal judge in Boston has scheduled a hearing in a class-action lawsuit by Wal-Mart employees who sued the retail chain for denying health benefits to their same-sex spouses.
A proposed settlement of $7.5 million would pay for claims by current and former Wal-Mart associates in the U.S. and Puerto Rico that they were unable to obtain health insurance coverage for their same-sex spouses from 2011 to 2013.
The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Jacqueline Cote, an employee at a Massachusetts Wal-Mart. The suit said the Bentonville, Arkansas, company denied medical insurance for her wife. Wal-Mart began offering benefits for same-sex spouses in 2014.
A fairness hearing is scheduled for Monday. Judges hold such hearings to determine whether the settlement should be approved as fair, reasonable and adequate.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — May 15, 2017, 12:19 AM ET
A federal judge in Boston has scheduled a hearing in a class-action lawsuit by Wal-Mart employees who sued the retail chain for denying health benefits to their same-sex spouses.
A proposed settlement of $7.5 million would pay for claims by current and former Wal-Mart associates in the U.S. and Puerto Rico that they were unable to obtain health insurance coverage for their same-sex spouses from 2011 to 2013.
The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Jacqueline Cote, an employee at a Massachusetts Wal-Mart. The suit said the Bentonville, Arkansas, company denied medical insurance for her wife. Wal-Mart began offering benefits for same-sex spouses in 2014.
A fairness hearing is scheduled for Monday. Judges hold such hearings to determine whether the settlement should be approved as fair, reasonable and adequate.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hearing-set-wal-mart-sex-benefits-settlement-47410992