Legal Opinion
Hecker v. Deere & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 2009No. 18-2649PublishedCited by 635 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Even before the stock market began its precipitous fall in early October 2008, litigation over alleged mismanagement of defined contribution pension plans was becoming common. This type of litigation received a boost when, in LaRue v. De-Wolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc., —• U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 1020, 169 L.Ed.2d 847 (2008), the Supreme Court held that “a participant in a defined contribution pension plan [may] sue a fiduciary whose alleged misconduct impaired the value of plan assets in the participant’s individual account.” 128 S.Ct. at 1022. Section 502(a)(2) of the…
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