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Time Warner Cable employee files suit over amount of pension payment

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RIVERSIDE – A Riverside County man has filed suit against his former employer over an alleged discrepancy in his pension.

Thomas Sperduto filed a complaint on Jan. 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Time Warner Cable Inc., doing business as Spectrum, and Does 1 through 20 citing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in 2009, he was told by a representative of the defendant that he would receive a pension of $2,248.16 when he turned 65. He alleges that he confirmed this payment in September 2014, but was then advised the amount would be $792.42. The plaintiff claims that he filed a claim in June 2015 for additional pension benefits and questioned the amounts, but the claim was denied in September 2015, as has an appeal.

The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks declare plaintiff's rights to monthly pension benefits in the amount of $2,248.16, all legal fees, interest, surcharge, restitution, and any other relief as the court deems just. He is represented by Carson C. Newton of Law Offices of Carson C. Newton in Anaheim.

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division Case number 5:17-cv-00110-JGB-SP

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