Dentons Davis Brown PC failed to send a former employee a COBRA notice or inform her how to enroll in its health insurance program as required when she left, the employee said in a proposed class action filed in a federal court in Iowa.
The Iowa-based law firm’s failure left Tiffany Schriner unable to make an informed decision on electing continuing health insurance coverage, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Schriner wasn’t able to elect COBRA due to the firm’s failure, the lawsuit says, and she lost her health insurance coverage as a result.
Schriner says in her complaint that she worked as a paralegal in the firm’s Des Moines offices from May 14, 2018, until she resigned on May 6, 2022. She and her family received health insurance from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa while she participated in the firm’s health plan, according to the June 14 filing.
COBRA requires health plan sponsors to give notice to covered employees and qualifying beneficiaries of their continuation of health coverage after their employment ends or after another qualifying event. Dentons Davis Brown failed to give any such notice after Schriner’s employment ended in May, the lawsuit says. As a result, Schriner’s health insurance was canceled May 31, 2022, according to the complaint.
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