Legal Opinion
Ballone v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 1997No. Nos. 357, 358, Dockets 96-7209, 96-7212PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we are called upon to determine the circumstances in which alleged misrepresentations made by an employer to retirement plan beneficiaries about future plan amendments are actionable under the Employees Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a), which imposes a fiduciary duty on retirement plan administrators. Plaintiffs, all former employees of Eastman Kodak Company who retired between January 1 and July 1, 1991, contend that Kodak made affirmative misrep-. resentations that led them to believe that no enhanced pension plan would be…
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