Legal Opinion
Pell v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Co. Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 8, 2008No. 06-5006, 06-5088PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Retired employee Melvyn Pell and his wife, Ellen Pell (collectively, “Pell”) initiated this litigation against E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. and its Board of Benefits and Pensions (collectively, “DuPont”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Pell claimed that his pension benefit is lower than Du Pont had led him to expect. After a bench trial, the District Court enjoined DuPont to use a “credited service date” of August 1, 1972, when calculating Pell’s future benefits, resulting in a higher monthly pension benefit. The parties…
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