United States Fourth Circuit

The unambiguous and plain language of the beneficiary designation controls where a participant in an ERISA-governed employee benefit plan was not yet eligible for the death benefit under the Pension Plan, and properly changed the life insurance policy beneficiary designation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/02/2001
• Decided 04/16/2001
• Published 04/16/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael Carl Eisenstein, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.   Robert Garnett Blue, Blue & Edwards, P.A., Towson, Maryland, for Appellee.