21-1812·ERISA

Charles Bellon v. The PPG Employee Life and Other Benefits Plan

Affirmed in Part

Status

Scheduled
Argued
Opinion Issued (current)

Question Presented

Whether termination of benefits was permissible under ERISA; whether plan's death benefit constituted a pension plan under ERISA.

Argument Date

March 8, 2022

Argument Time

2:00 p.m.

Panel

Courtroom

Red Courtroom (Room 412)

Lower Court Judge

Groh

Panel

Judge King

Judge Wynn

Judge Rushing

Citation

CaseCharles Bellon v. The PPG Employee Life and Other Benefits Plan, No. 21-1812 (4th Cir. July 15, 2022)

PanelKing, Wynn & Rushing, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Maureen Davidson-Welling

per CA4 audio archive

Joseph Torres

per CA4 audio archive

Panel That Day

4 of 4 cases argued March 8, 2022 before this panel have been decided.

Decided

21-1812· This case

Charles Bellon v. The PPG Employee Life and Other Benefits Plan

Opinion Issued

Authored by Judge King

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Opinions

Majority
by King
July 15, 2022
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Partial Concurrence/Dissent
by Rushing
July 15, 2022
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Disposition

Court: Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
Normalized: Affirmed in Part

July 15, 2022