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Strom v. Siegel Fenchel & Peddy P.C.
Date: 08-15-2007
Case Number: 06-3107-cv
Judge: SOTOMAYOR
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on appeal from the Eastern District of New York, Kings County
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Leslie Corwin (Neil A. Capobianco & Simon Miller, on the
brief), Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, N.Y., for
plaintiff-appellant.
Defendant's Attorney:
Stephen B. Latham (Philip D. Nykamp, on the brief),
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo LLP,
Riverhead, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.
Plaintiff-appellant Karen Strom sued her former law firm, defendant-appellee Siegel
Fenchel & Peddy, P.C. ("SFP"), under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), 29 U.S.C. ยง 1001 et seq., claiming entitlement to benefits under pension plans
administered by the firm. Strom now appeals from the September 30, 2005 judgment of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Orenstein, M.J.), partially
granting defendants-appellees' motion for summary judgment on those claims. We vacate and
remand that judgment because the plan administrators failed to offer any interpretation of the
plans' terms to which the district court might have accorded deference in granting summary
judgment to SFP, and because the district court erroneously held that Strom had waived her
claim under one of the plans by failing to exhaust her administrative remedies, of which remedies
she was never informed by SFP.
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REMANDED for further proceedings.
About This Case
What was the outcome of Strom v. Siegel Fenchel & Peddy P.C.?
The outcome was: For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings.
Which court heard Strom v. Siegel Fenchel & Peddy P.C.?
This case was heard in United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on appeal from the Eastern District of New York, Kings County, NY. The presiding judge was SOTOMAYOR.
Who were the attorneys in Strom v. Siegel Fenchel & Peddy P.C.?
Plaintiff's attorney: Leslie Corwin (Neil A. Capobianco & Simon Miller, on the brief), Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.. Defendant's attorney: Stephen B. Latham (Philip D. Nykamp, on the brief), Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo LLP, Riverhead, N.Y., for defendants-appellees..
When was Strom v. Siegel Fenchel & Peddy P.C. decided?
This case was decided on August 15, 2007.