Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Long
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 16, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2010-2113PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
This case stemmed from a perfect storm of missteps on both sides, with most of them occurring in the bureaucracy responsible for the Thrift Savings Plan (“TSP”). The result is that the undisputed last wishes of a federal employee who relied upon the repeated assurances of the bureaucracy that her husband would be her beneficiary for a $287,000 TSP account will be wholly dishonored. It is a sad result for the surviving spouse of 12 years and a blot on the record of the TSP program.
Plaintiff Stanley Ferguson filed this complaint seeking an…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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