7th Circuit Affirms: Daughter Not Entitled To Mother’s Pension

Mealey's (June 18, 2018, 10:20 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A denial of pension benefits sought by the daughter of a plan participant who died three days after retirement and three days before the start of her pension was neither arbitrary nor capricious, a unanimous Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 13 (Estate of Linda Faye Jones, et al. v. Children’s Hospital and Health System Inc. Pension Plan, No. 17-3524, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15845)....