United States Third Circuit

Where plaintiff claimed she was entitled to a civil penalty because the administrator of her employer's plan did not provide requested plan documents within the time specified by statute, the district court misconstrued ERISA section 502(c)(1), which governs the civil-penalty issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2002
• Published 10/30/2002

Judges

• Before:  ALITO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert H. Jaffe (Argued), Robert H. Jaffe & Associates, P.A., Springfield, NJ, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jacqueline V. Guynn, Brian T. Ortelere (Argued), Jeffrey K. Techentin, Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellees.