Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, March 9, 2015

West Coast dockworkers sue employers for unpaid healthcare claims

West Coast dockworkers are suing employers for what they say are tens of millions of dollars in unreimbursed health claims.

The Pacific Maritime Association, along with Zenith American Solutions and Cigna Inc., the current and former third-party administrators of the employee health plan for International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers, were named in a class-action lawsuit filed in federal district court in Los Angeles.

The suit also names PMA trustees who manage the

plan, alleging that they are not acting in the best interest of employees.

The PMA declined to comment, and Zenith and Cigna did not return calls or emails seeking comment Wednesday. The union declined to comment, referring media calls to the office that manages the PMA health plan, which did not immediately respond.

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