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Second Circuit Speaks on When Ministerial Acts Can Breach a Fiduciary Duty
Robinson+Cole LLP Link to more items from this source
Oct. 17, 2018

"The Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment to the pension plan on the basis that the SPD clearly and unambiguously provided ... accurate information ... [But] the court found the welfare plan SPD lacking in its organization, presentation, and substance: ... The Second Circuit concluded that the 'almost impenetrabl[e]' language, coupled with the petitioner's reasonable misunderstanding of a comment by a claim specialist concerning the availability of health benefits, presented a question of material fact sufficient to defeat summary judgment." [In re DeRogatis, Nos. 16-977-cv, 16-3549-cv (2d Cir. Sept. 14, 2018; unpub.)]  MORE >>

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