Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight Files ERISA Class Action Case Against TIAA on Behalf of More Than 28,000 Retirement Plan ParticipantsSuit alleges TIAA engaged in prohibited transactions and breached fiduciary duties by charging its own retirement plans higher fees than it charged to other retirement plans for the same investments, and by retaining an underperforming in-house fund for 16 years
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight Files Seven Additional Federal Tort Claims Act Administrative Complaints Against the Coast Guard on Behalf of Sexual Assault SurvivorsNEW LONDON, Conn., March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight filed seven new Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) administrative complaints against the United States Coast Guard, its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security; and its former parent agency, the Department of Transportation, (collectively “the Coast Guard”) on behalf of Does 23-29, all of whom allege they were sexually assaulted while they were cadets or prospective cadets of the Coast Guard Academy (“the Academy”). In September and October 2024, Sanford Heisler filed 22 similar FTCA complaints on behalf of additional sexual assault survivors, bringing the total number of former Academy cadets represented by the firm to 29. This is believed to be the first known collective action by sexual violence survivors against a United States service academy.
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight Files ERISA Class Case Against Southwest Airlines on Behalf of More Than 60,000 Retirement Plan BeneficiariesSuit alleges Southwest Airlines failed to replace a chronically underperforming fund that holds over $2 billion in Southwest’s retirement plan assets.
Statement on President Biden’s Grant of Clemency for Leonard Peltier From Kevin Sharp, Co-Vice Chairman Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnightNASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This morning, President Biden granted clemency to political activist and Native American community advocate, Leonard Peltier, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for 49 years. The plight of Leonard Peltier has been in the spotlight for decades with prominent personalities including Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Pope Francis, among hundreds of others, calling for his release.
Jury Awards $7.4 Million to Professor Who Uses Mobility DeviceAqua Towers condominium failed to provide parking accommodation
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight Argues Being Raped in Her Sleep Was Not Part of the Job Duties of a Civilian Mariner Aboard a U.S. Navy ShipCAMDEN, N.J., Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight and Maritime Legal Solutions assisted Elsie E. Dominguez in filing a claim with the Department of Labor today seeking a determination that her experience of being raped by the Captain of the ship, while she lay unconscious in her bed aboard a US Naval ship, does not constitute workers’ compensation under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA).
