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HELTON v. AT & T INC.

No. 11-2153.

709 F.3d 343 (2013)

Francine HELTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AT & T INC.; AT & T Pension Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 6, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stacey Alan Campbell , Littler Mendelson PC, Denver, Colorado, for Appellants. Allison Caalim Pienta , Stephen R. Bruce Law Offices, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEFS: Stephen R. Bruce , Stephen R. Bruce Law Offices, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge KEENAN concurred.

OPINION

WYNN, Circuit Judge:

After first learning in 2009 that she had been entitled to begin collecting her full pension benefits nearly eight years earlier, plaintiff Francine Helton contacted her pension plan seeking to recoup her lost benefits. The pension plan denied Helton's claim, and Helton, in turn, brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") against defendants AT & T Inc., her former employer, and...

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