Legal Opinion
Farr v. US West, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1995No. 93-35086PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs were long term employees of defendants US West, Inc. and US West Communications. In Jan. 1990, plaintiffs chose to retire under an amendment to the US West Management Pension Plan known as the “5 + 5 program” which created early retirement incentives for many long term employees. Under the 5 + 5 program, plaintiffs chose to receive their accrued pension benefits in a lump sum. Plaintiffs allege that US West did not tell them that those lump sum distributions in excess of the amount qualified to be rolled over into Individual Retirement Accounts…
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