BELL v. PFIZER, INC.

Docket No. 07-5390-cv.

626 F.3d 66 (2010)

Diana BELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PFIZER, INC., Pfizer, Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan, Pfizer Employee Compensation and Management Development Committee, Pfizer, Inc. Retirement Annuity Plan, Pfizer, Inc. Retirement Committee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Kraus ( Geoffrey A. Mort , on the brief) Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert P. Lewis ( Peter J. Engstrom , Nancy Chung Allred , Vasilia F.L. Pappas , on the brief), Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Judge COGAN dissents in a separate opinion.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Diana Bell, M.D., appeals from Judge Conti's bench trial verdict that appellees had not breached any fiduciary duties owed to her under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.

On May 31, 2003, Bell terminated her employment with Pfizer, Inc. Before leaving Pfizer, Bell made various inquiries of Pfizer Human Resources ("HR") personnel and Benefits administrators regarding her eligibility...

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