Legal Opinion
Amara v. CIGNA Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 2014No. Nos. 13-447-cv (Lead), 13-526(XAP)PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:
This long-running dispute arises from certain misleading communications made by CIGNA Corporation (“CIGNA”) and CIGNA Pension Plan (together with CIG-NA, “defendants”) to CIGNA’s employees regarding the terms of the CIGNA Pension Plan and, in particular, the effects of the 1998 conversion of CIGNA’s defined benefit plan (“Part A”) to a cash balance plan (“Part B”). The case was brought in December 2001 by individual plan participants on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated (“plaintiffs”). The district court granted plaintiffs’ motion to…
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