Legal Opinion
Watkins v. JP Morgan Chase U.S. Benefits Executive
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2014No. 13-2621UnpublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SARGUS, District Judge.
Stephany Watkins filed this suit in 2010, alleging that she had not received a lump sum retirement payment which she elected to collect in May of 1998. The district court held that the applicable statute of limitations barred her ERISA claim. We AFFIRM the decision of the district court.
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Watkins was employed by First Chicago NBD, which was later acquired by JP Morgan Chase Bank (Chase). After leaving her employment in 1997, Watkins requested a lump sum distribution from the company’s pension plan. In response to her request, First Chicago NBD generated a cheek in…
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