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· 5/19/1989

Andrew P. Dzinglski v. Weirton Steel Corporation Retirement Committee of Weirton Steel Corporation Retirement Plan

Citations

  • 875 F.2d 1075
  • 10 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2655
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 6913
  • 1989 WL 51356

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that the defendant “was acting in its capacity as [the plaintiff’s] employer, not as a fiduciary, when it decided to discharge him”
  • an employer acting as a plan administrator has two roles--employer and plan administrator--but is only a fiduciary with respect to its actions as plan administrator
  • an employer acting as a plan administrator has two roles—employer and plan administrator—but is only a fiduciary with respect to its actions as plan administrator
  • “Business decisions can still be made for business reasons, notwithstanding their collateral effect on prospective, contingent employee benefits.”
  • an employer acting as a plan administrator has two roles--employer and plan administrator--but is only a fiduciary with respect to its actions as plan administrator
  • an employer acting as a plan administrator has two roles — employer and plan administrator — but is only a fiduciary with respect to its actions as plan administrator

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Judges: Chapman, Wilkinson, Doumar, Eastern, Virginia

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