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Estate – Pension

By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2018//

Estate – Pension

By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2018//

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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

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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