By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Estate of Linda Faye Jones, et al. v. Children’s Hospital, et al.
Case No.: 17-3524
Officials: BAUER, BARRETT, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Estate – Pension
Three days into retirement and three days before the start of her pension, Linda Faye Jones died. The Administrative Committee, which oversees the Children’s Hospital and Health System, Inc. Pension Plan, denied the pension to Linda’s daughter and beneficiary, Kishunda Jones. The Committee reasoned that only spouses are entitled to benefits under the Plan when a participant dies before the start of her pension. Because the Administrative Committee’s decision was not arbitrary or capricious, we affirm.
Affirmed