Plan Participant Cannot Relitigate Entitlement To Pension Benefits, Panel Says

Mealey's (October 24, 2017, 12:37 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A pension plan participant is estopped from relitigating her entitlement to pension benefits because the participant filed a prior suit, alleging the same claims, that was dismissed by a district court, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Oct. 5 (Danica Bulovic v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC, et al., No. 16-3341, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 19407)....