6th Circuit Panel Affirms Bridgestone Misrepresented Employee’s Pension Credits

(September 21, 2016, 10:39 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 12 affirmed the grant of summary judgment to a Bridgestone Americas Inc. employee because he proved three violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by his employer when it misrepresented the amount of pension credit he would receive for his time as a manager at a Canadian Bridgestone plant (Andre Deschamps v. Bridgestone Americas Inc. Salaried Employees Retirement Plan, et al., No. 15-6112, 6th Cir.; 20126 U.S. App. LEXIS 16839.)...