Legal Opinion
Borda v. Hardy, Lewis, Pollard & Page, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1998No. 97-1004PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A NELSON, Circuit Judge.
As a former participant in the profit sharing plan of a professional corporation by which he had been employed, the plaintiff in this ERISA case chose not to withdraw his vested share of the plan’s assets after he quit his job. Under the terms of the plan, this meant that his non-vested share of an account funded by employer contributions was to be credited to a suspense account pending forfeiture or further vesting.'
A forfeiture could be triggered either by a distribution to the plaintiff of the entire vested interest or by a five-year break in service.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Fred Brown v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Connie M. Miller v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Daniel v. Eaton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Richard Kalish v. Liberty Mutual/liberty Life Assurance Company of BostonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Shirley O. Fought v. Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Karen McClain v. Eaton Corp. Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
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