RUPPERT v. PRINCIPAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 11-2554.

705 F.3d 839 (2013)

Joseph RUPPERT, as Trustee of and on behalf of Fairmount Park, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. AARP, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. King , argued and on the brief, Saint Louis, MO, for appellant.

Robert N. Hochman , argued, Joel S. Feldman , Mark B. Blocker , Eric S. Mattson , on the brief, Chicago, IL, for appellee.

Jay E. Sushelsky , Melvin Radowitz , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Ruppert, as a trustee of the Fairmount Park, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ("the Plan"), brought this action against Principal Life Insurance Company ("Principal"), alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The district court1 denied Ruppert's request for class certification, and the case proceeded on an individual basis. Pursuant to...

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