Legal Opinion
Randy Pearce v. Chrysler Grp. LLC Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2018No. 17-1431PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Randy Pearce, a long-time employee of Chrysler Group LLC, was a participant in the Chrysler Group LLC Pension Plan ("Plan"). Under the Plan's terms, Pearce had earned an early retirement supplement, called "30-and-Out benefits." He relied on the Summary Plan Document ("SPD"), provided by Chrysler to Plan participants, which stated he did not need to be "actively employed at retirement" to remain eligible for these benefits. But the SPD omitted an exclusionary clause contained in the Plan document itself, which said that an employee who was terminated was…
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