Taylor v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.

I join in Parts I and.HD of the majority opinion and therefore concur as to the judgment in this case. I am unable to join in Parts IIA-C, however, because I believe that the majority’s opinion sweeps more broadly than is justified under the facts presented here.

At issue in this case is a statement made-by John Burgunder, The Peoples National Gas Company’s Supervisor of Employee Benefits, to Thomas Taylor, a former employee of The Peoples National Gas Company (“PNG”), concerning the retroactivity of a potential amendment to PNG’s pension plan. According to Taylor, Burgunder misrepresented to…