5th Circuit: Employee Fails To Prove Benefit Denial, Estoppel Under ERISA

Mealey's (July 13, 2021, 8:21 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An employee failed to demonstrate that a pension plan violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by denying benefits to an employee to whom it had mistakenly provided a statement of estimated benefits because the employee was not eligible for benefits under the plan’s terms and the employee failed to demonstrate that he relied on the misstatements, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed June 24 in an unpublished opinion....