Designated Pension Beneficiary Denied Deceased Pensioner’s Pension; Here’s Why
Just because you designate someone as your pension beneficiary does not mean they will be legally entitled to receive it after you pass. A recent case illustrates just how complicated things can get. Verizon Emp. Bens. Comm. v Nikolaros, No. 23-cv-1982, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49340 (E.D. N.Y. Mar. 18, 2025). Here’s what happened. Nick Nikolaros was born on October 13, 1970 and died on June 5, 2020 (at age 49). At the time of his death Nick was employed…