Former Administrator Cannot Sue As Individual Under ERISA, 7th Circuit Affirms

(September 7, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 5 affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of a former pension plan administrator’s claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because he is suing as a private individual and not a fiduciary, but vacated the dismissal of his state law claim against the chairman of the pension plan’s administration committee, finding that the lower court erred in declining to exercise jurisdiction over the tort claim (Roberto Trujillo v. American Bar Association, et al., No. 16-3612, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17116)....

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