Pension Plan Board Correctly Calculated Participant’s Pension Benefits, Panel Says

Mealey's (August 8, 2019, 11:03 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 6 affirmed a district court’s ruling in favor of a pension plan after determining that the plan’s board of trustees’  determination that a plan participant is not entitled to additional pension benefits is “reasonably consistent” with the plan language (Nicholas Bergamatto v. Board Of Trustees of the NYSA-ILA Pension Fund, et al., No. 18-2811, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23465)....