Legal Opinion
Edward Tocker v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Also Known as Altria Group, Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and General Foods Corp., No. 04-5904-Cv
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 22, 2006No. 481PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Edward Tocker (plaintiff or appellant) had been employed as a tax attorney for defendant General Foods 1 for many years. When he learned in 1989 he was suffering from a serious, life-threatening illness, he discussed his circumstances with his employer’s benefits administration manager. As a result, the benefits administration created a special package of benefits for him in 1990, which plaintiff accepted. In January 2002, 13 years later, Tocker, despite the doctor’s prognosis, was still alive and applied for a pension benefit based on 34 years and four…
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