Legal Opinion

Bridges v. American Elec. Power Co., Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 15, 2007No. 06-4100PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Kermit Bridges appeals a district court order denying his motion for class certification and dismissing his claims without prejudice. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I

Plaintiff Kermit Bridges worked for Defendant American Electric Power Company, Inc. (“AEP”) and participated in the American Electric Power System Retirement Savings Plan (“Plan”), a “defined contribution” plan under section 3(34) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1102(34). One of the investments to which Plan participants could allocate their…

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