Split 6th Circuit Revives 2 ERISA Cases, Requires Reasonable Assumptions

( March 17, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — In a 2-1 ruling, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 16 revived two putative class suits contesting the use of decades-old mortality tables in calculating certain pension benefits, with the majority concluding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act “prohibits employers from using unreasonable, inappropriate actuarial assumptions” when making those calculations....