Jeffrey Plotnick v. Computer Sciences Corporation

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Judges Motz and Wynn joined.

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Jeffrey Plotnick and James Kennedy, former executives of Computer Sciences Corporation (“CSC”), brought claims under § 1132(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et. seq., as amended, alleging denial of benefits under their deferred executive compensation plan after a plan amendment changed the applicable crediting rate. Plotnick and Kennedy sought class certification on be7 half of all retired plan…