Edward Asner v. The Sag-Aftra Health Fund
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
On December 1, 2020, Edward Asner, Michael Bell, Raymond Harry Johnson, Sondra James Weil, David Jolliffe, Robert Clotworthy, Thomas Cook, Audrey Loggia, Deborah White, and Donna Lynn Leavy (collectively, “plaintiffs”) filed their initial class action complaint against defendants SAG-AFTRA Health Fund (the “SAG-AFTRA Health Plan” or “Plan”’), the former Board of Trustees of the Screen Actors Guild- Producers Health Plan (the “SAG Health Plan Board of Trustees’), the Board of Trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Fund (the “SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Board of Trustees”), and individually named trustees! of the two Boards (the “SAG Trustee Defendants” and
' The individually named trustees, who are sued in their individual capacities, are Daryl Anderson, Helayne Antler, Amy Aquino, Timothy Blake, Jim Bracchitta, John Carter Brown, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Barry Gordon, J. Keith Gorham, James Harrington, David Hartley-Margolin, Harry Isaacs, Robert W. Johnson, Sheldon Kasdan, Matthew Kimbrough, Lynne Lambert, Allan Linderman, Carol A. Lombardini, Stacy K. Marcus, Richard Masur, John T. McGuire, Diane P. Mirowski, Paul Muratore, Tracy Owen, Michael Pniewski, Ray…