A number of media outlets covered the recent favorable decision in Schuett v. FedEx, Disability Law United’s case challenging FedEx’s refusal to provide a spousal pension benefit to the surviving same-sex spouse of a longtime employee. Here is a partial listing of articles:
Judge Rules Against FedEx in Same-Sex Benefits Fight, The Recorder, January 4, 2016
California Court Keeps FedEx Same-Sex Widow’s Suit Alive, Law360, January 5, 2016
FedEx May Owe Same-Sex Spouse Pension Benefits, Bloomberg BNA Pension & Benefits Daily, Jan. 6, 2016
Lesbian widow’s lawsuit seeking benefits from FedEx allowed to proceed, Washington Blade, Jan. 4, 2016
FedEx Denies Benefits to Lesbian Because Her Wife Died Six Days Before DOMA Was Overturned, Slate, Jan. 5, 2016
Same-sex benefits suit against FedEx can proceed, judge rules, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 9, 2016