Legal Opinion
Bricker v. Maytag Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 24, 1990No. 89-241PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
Plaintiffs are five former long-time employees of defendant Maytag Company who were misled to their considerable disadvantage by a company official regarding their benefits under a company retirement plan. In selecting a remedy with which to seek recovery for their losses they chose to pass their federal statutory rights under the Employees’ Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Rather than seek any recoupment from or rights under the company’s retirement plan the employees sued the company itself under a theory of equitable estoppel. The…
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