BISHOP v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. 07-3435.

520 F.3d 516 (2008)

Virginia J. BISHOP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and The Lucent Retirement Income Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed March 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Thomas G. Moukawsher, Moukawsher & Walsh, LLC, Hartford, Connecticut, for Appellants. John Houston Pope, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., New York, New York, for Appellees.

Before SILER, MOORE and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing retirees' claims for breach of fiduciary duty against their former employer and its employment benefit plan. Plaintiff retirees allege they were misled into prematurely accepting early retirement. The district court dismissed the claims as time-barred. On appeal, plaintiffs contend the district court failed to construe the complaint...

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