Legal Opinion
Elizabeth R. Tulley v. Ethyl Corporation and the Retirement Income Plan for the Employees of Ethyl Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1988No. 88-3071PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The parties dispute the amount of death benefits owed a surviving spouse under an employer’s pre-retirement death benefits plan, and whether that plan is in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1055. We find that the employer miscalculated the benefits due to the surviving spouse under the plan, and hold that the plan, as it should have been applied, satisfies the requirements of ERISA.
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Ethyl Corporation’s Employees Retirement Income Plan provides two actuarially-equivalent forms of death benefits for a retired…
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