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Third Circuit: SPD Terms Can Trump Conflicting Plan Language (PDF)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit via FindLaw Link to more items from this source
[Opinion]
July 14, 2003

42 pages; Burstein v. Retirement Account Plan for Employees of Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation, No. 02-2666 (3d Cir. Jul. 2, 2003). Excerpt: [W]e join several other Circuits in ruling that when a summary plan description under ERISA conflicts with the complete, detailed ERISA plan document, a plan participant may nevertheless state a claim for plan benefits based upon terms contained in the summary plan description.  MORE >>

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