A federal judge recently granted a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit against Atrium Health — a lawsuit alleging the Charlotte-based health-care system is skirting legal protections on employee benefits.
Former Atrium employees filed the suit last November in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. They argued that Atrium's claim as a government entity was false, putting the retirement and health plans for more than 65,000 employees at risk and forcing participants…