Legal Opinion
Swaback v. American Information Technologies Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 1996No. 96-1183PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
From June 20, 1960, until his death from pancreatic cancer on June 14, 1991, David Swaback was an employee of Illinois Bell and was a participant in the Ameritech Management Pension Plan (“AMPP”). The AMPP provides a procedure by which a participant who has a vested pension with a present value of greater than $3,500 can elect a lump sum payout of that pension upon retirement. The plan requires participants to elect this option, in writing, at least thirty days in advance of retiring. The district court found that Mr. Swaback had failed to elect the lump sum payment…
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