Legal Opinion
Duane L. Christensen, Plaintiffappellant v. The Qwest Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2006No. 05-3956PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Considering retirement, Qwest Communications employee Duane Christensen requested and received several estimates of his expected pension benefit from the Qwest Pension Plan (“the Plan”). Christensen retired, and the Plan conducted a final audit which determined that his benefit under the annuity option he selected would be $1484 per month, rather than the final pre-retirement estimate of $1754 per month. The Plan denied Christensen’s claim for the greater amount. He then filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) against the Plan and its…
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