United States Fourth Circuit

Petitioner may have a remedy where ERISA fiduciary breached its obligation by leading petitioner to believe that he was eigible for a tax-deferred lump sum distribution of early retirement benefits and then failing to notify him that the election to receive such a distribution was not permitted by federal tax laws.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2001
• Published 01/09/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINS, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael Murchison, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, L.L.P., Wilmington, NC, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond Michael Ripple, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee., ON BRIEF:  Donna L. Goodman, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE;  Gardner G. Courson, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, for Appellee.