Legal Opinion
Zirnhelt v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2008No. 06-2540, 07-1172PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
In this pension-benefits case, Diane Zirnhelt argues that the district court erred in (1) upholding the company’s denial of benefits, (2) denying her motion to amend her complaint to add an equitableestoppel claim, (3) dismissing her breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim and (4) awarding her just $10,500 based on the company’s failure to provide her with pension plan documents in a timely manner. For its part, the company argues (in its cross appeal) that the district court should not have imposed any monetary penalty. We affirm.
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Born in March 1947, Diane Zirnhelt worked…
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