Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of Current and Former Employees of WellPoint, Inc. Who Invested in the WellPoint Retirement Sa...( BENSALEM Pa. April 7 2008 /- Law ...),Health

BENSALEM, Pa., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating claims against WellPoint, Inc. ("WellPoint" or the "Company")(NYSE: WLP) concerning whether the WellPoint Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") imprudently invested in WellPoint stock and whether the Plan's administrators breached their fiduciary duties to the Plan's participants in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

The investigation concerns whether WellPoint and other administrators of the Plan failed to prudently and loyally manage the Plan's investments in WellPoint, Inc. stock by continuing to offer Company stock when the stock was no longer a prudent investment for participants' retirement savings.

If you are a current or former employee who participated in, or continues to participate in, the WellPoint Retirement Savings Plan and have information or would like to learn more about these claims, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020 by telephone at (215) 638-4847, Toll-Free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmithlaw@hotmail.com.

If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this Notice or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, Toll-Free at (888) 638-4847, by email to howardsmithlaw@hotmail.com.