Scruggs v. ExxonMobil Pension Plan

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Barbara Scruggs performed secretarial services for Exxon-Mobil for twenty-two years until her office in Oklahoma was closed in 2005. After the office closed, she filed this action pursuant 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1), seeking retroactive pension and savings benefits allegedly owed to her under two ExxonMobil employee benefits plans, ExxonMobil Pension Plan and ExxonMobil Savings Plan (collectively “the Plans”). 1 Because Scruggs performed her services for ExxonMobil as an independent contractor or while on the payroll of third-party companies, the plan…