Legal Opinion
Mello v. Sara Lee Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2005No. 04-60814PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Sara Lee Corporation, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the appellee, Frank Mello. The district court applied ERISA-estoppel and found that because Mello, a Sara Lee employee, relied on the oral assurances of a company executive and on non-binding monthly pension statements to determine the value of his pension, Sara Lee was estopped from correcting a clerical error that reduced the amount of his expected benefits significantly. Because Mello could not have reasonably relied on informal communications to modify or…
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