Legal Opinion
Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23944l Rosemary Riordan v. Commonwealth Edison Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 1997No. 97-1206PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Rosemary Riordan was married to James Riordan for over twenty years. They had five children. But in 1977 they separated and nine years after that they divorced. When James died in 1992, his employer, Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”), paid a $50,000.00 death benefit to his second wife, Irene. Rosemary sued ComEd under ERISA; she claimed plan documents revealed James’ intent that she receive the death benefit rather than Irene. After the case was removed to federal court, both sides agreed that the dispute could be resolved on the basis of the record and each filed a motion…
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