Legal Opinion
Ponsetti v. GE Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 2010No. 09-2430PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant benefit plans and company. Plaintiff-appellant alleged that defendants breached their fiduciary duty and their obligation to provide a “full and fair” review of a request for claims when they refused to disburse cash to a trust fund established by a former employee of General Electric. Both parties agree that by default, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., money should go to the surviving spouse of the decedent. They also…
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