MEREDITH v. ALLSTEEL, INC.

No. 92-3997.

11 F.3d 1354 (1993)

David L. MEREDITH, John Guddendorf, Ivar Kizans, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLSTEEL, INCORPORATED and Dan T. Cosgrove, in his capacity as Plan Administrator, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1993.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Geoghegan, Leon M. Despres, Robert C. Drizin, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, R. Edward Wilhoite, Jr. (argued), Lerner & Wilhoite, Chicago, IL, 60614 for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arthur B. Smith, Jr., Michael T. Roumell (argued), Walter W. Miller, Murphy, Smith & Polk, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, MANION, Circuit Judge, and FOREMAN, Senior District Judge.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Allsteel Inc. provided employees who retired by a certain date with early retirement benefits. Some employees who wanted the benefits did not retire in time. They sued Allsteel, claiming that they intended to retire within the required time, but did not do so because Allsteel misinformed them about the actual cut off date. They also claimed that Allsteel violated ERISA by this failure to properly notify them and by improperly reducing the early...

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