Legal Opinion
James M. McGowan Sr. v. Njr Service Corporation New Jersey Natural Gas Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 13, 2005No. 04-3620PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant James M. McGowan, Sr., was employed by Appellee New Jersey Natural *243Gas Company (“NJNG”) for more than 27 years. He participated in NJNG’s Plan for Retirement Allowances for Non-represented Employees (“the Plan”) and initially designated his second wife, Rosemary, the “joint and survivor contingent beneficiary.” On March 5, 2003, McGowan filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, seeking declaratory relief directing NJNG and the Plan to recognize: (1) Rosemary’s purported waiver of her rights as beneficiary;…
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