United States Fourth Circuit

Judgment for plaintiff against defendant-employer on ERISA claim alleging defendant unreasonably denied plaintiff's claim and failed to adequately notify her of a material change to its pension plan that allowed her to collect full benefits earlier than she had originally understood, is affirmed, where the district court: 1) properly considered limited evidence outside of the administrative record but known to defendant when it rendered plaintiff's benefits determination; 2) correctly determined that defendant breached its statutory and fiduciary duties to plaintiff; and 3) did not err in awarding plaintiff her lost benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2013
• Published 03/06/2013

Judges

• WYNN

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel