5th Circuit Affirms Sending ERISA Plan Benefits To Widow Over Children

Mealey's (May 21, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on May 18 affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment finding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act savings plan of a man who died without naming a beneficiary required that his benefits go to his widow and not to his children (Kinder Morgan, Inc. v. Joanne Crout et al., No. 19-20037, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 15931)....