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Litigation

Aug. 11, 2016

Gay widower of KRON-TV employee alleges ERISA violations

The gay widower of a longtime Bay Area television station employee is suing the station's pension plan for failing to provide a benefit available to heterosexual widowers.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The gay widower of a longtime Bay Area television station employee is suing the station's pension plan for failing to provide a benefit available to heterosexual widowers.

David Reed was the longtime domestic partner of former KRON-TV technical director Donald Lee Gardner. According to a complaint filed Tuesday in the Northern District, Gardner retired in 2009 but was no...

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