Legal Opinion
Young v. Verizon's Bell Atlantic Cash Balance Plan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2010No. 09-3872, 09-3965PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
“People make mistakes. Even administrators of ERISA plans.” Conkright v. Frommert, — U.S. —, —, 130 S.Ct. 1640, 1644, 176 L.Ed.2d 469 (2010). This introduction was fitting in Conkright, which dealt with a single honest mistake in the interpretation of an ERISA plan. It is perhaps an understatement in this case, which involves a devastating drafting error in the multi-billion-dollar plan administered by Verizon Communications, Inc. (“Verizon”).
Verizon’s pension plan contains erroneous language that, if enforced literally, would give Verizon pensioners like plaintiff…
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