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132254P.pdf   02/07/2014  Jacqueline Barnhardt  v.  Open Harvest Cooperative
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2254
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Wollman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - ERISA. Plaintiff failed to identify any direct evidence that 
   she was terminated with intent to interfere with her ERISA benefits; 
   applying the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting analysis, the employer 
   articulated legitimate, non-discriminatory performance-related ground for 
   failing to pay a premium to the benefits provider ,and plaintiff failed to 
   show this ground was a pretext for intent to interfere with her ERISA 
   benefits.