United States Sixth Circuit
SHIELDS v. READER'S DIGEST ASS'N, INC., 01-2118
When an ERISA-governed plan is not under an obligation to make benefit payments by a plan participant's actual retirement date, the applicable election period does not conclude with the participant's date of actual retirement. Annuity starting date is not statutorily required to always be a plan participant's actual date of retirement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/09/2003
- Published 06/09/2003
Judges
- Before SILER and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Donald R. Bachand III (briefed), Sarah C. Arnold, Garratt & Bachand, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Kathleen McCree Lewis, Kevin M. Zielke, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Peter L. Simmons (briefed), Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.