Legal Opinion
Testa v. Becker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 12, 2018No. Nos. 17-1826-cv; 17-1985-cv; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit Judge:
This case presents two questions concerning the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"):
• whether a litigant may bring a denial-of-benefits claim under ERISA when the limitations period is six years and his claim accrued twelve years before he sued; and
• whether Frommert v. Conkright ("Frommert I "), 433 F.3d 254 (2d Cir. 2006), ordered Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Lawrence Becker ("Becker") not to apply the so-called "phantom account offset" to plan participants who did not bring timely denial-of-benefits claims.
The answer to both questions…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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