Dismissing ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Case, Judge Gives Employer Outlier Win

( February 4, 2026, 12:33 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — Giving an employer an outlier victory in a putative class action that is similar to many other recent Employee Retirement Income Security Act challenges to tobacco surcharges, a Missouri federal judge on Feb. 3 dismissed the complaint with prejudice and said the statute at issue “does not impose a retroactive reimbursement requirement for tobacco cessation surcharges."...

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