Earl E. Pierce v. Security Trust Life Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the contention that a court can infer harm from a defendant’s failure to provide ERISA-mandated disclosures
• “case law establishes that a plan participant ‘must show reliance and prejudice in order to recover for an employer’s failure to comply with ERISA’s statutory requirements”
• the requirement that ERISA plans be maintained in writing precludes oral modifications of the plan; common law doctrine of estoppel cannot be used to alter this result
• similar SPD disclaimers are unenforceable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).