6th Circuit: Nunc Pro Tunc Order Did Not Restart Limitations Period

(February 6, 2017, 1:58 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A woman’s lawsuit accusing Chrysler Group LLC’s pension plan of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by denying her request for benefits from her ex-husband’s pension was not timely, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 11, holding that a state court’s nunc pro tunc order did not restart the statute of limitations (Ardella Patterson v. Chrysler Group, LLC, et al., No. 16-1365, 6th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 507)....