RAMOS v. BANNER HEALTH

No. 20-1231.

1 F.4th 769 (2021)

Lorraine M. RAMOS; Constance R. Williamson; Karen F. McLeod; Robert Moffitt; Cherlene M. Goodale; Linda Ann Heyrman; Delri Hanson, individually and as representatives of a class of plan participants, on behalf of Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BANNER HEALTH; Banner Health Board of Directors; Banner Health Retirement Plans Advisory Committee; Laren Bates; Wilford A. Cardon; Ronald J. Creasman; Gilbert Davila; Peter S. Fine; Susan B. Foote; Michael J. Frick; Michael Garnreiter; Barry A. Hendin; David Kikumoto; Larry S. Lazarus; Steven W. Lynn; Anne Mariucci; Quentin P. Smith, Jr.; Christopher Volk; Cheryl Wenzinger; Brenda Schaefer; Charles P. Lehn; Colleen Hallberg; Dan Weinman; Dennis Dahlen; Ed Niemann, Jr.; Ed Oxford; Jeff Buehrle; Jennifer Sherwood; Julie Nunley; Margaret Dehaan; Patricia K. Block; Paulette Friday; Richard O. Sutton; Robert Lund; Thomas R. Koelbl, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED June 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean E. Soyars ( Jerome J. Schlichter , Troy A Doles , and Heather Lea with him on the briefs) Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellants.

Michael B. Kimberly ( Margaret H. Warner , Jennifer B. Routh , and Matthew A. Waring with him on the brief), McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, KELLY, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


A class of employees who participated in Banner Health, Inc.'s 401(k) defined contribution savings plan accused Banner and other plan fiduciaries of breaching duties owed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Following an eight-day bench trial, the district court agreed in

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