Coca-Cola Sued by Widow Over Executive’s $25,000 Monthly Pension

Coca-Cola Co. was sued by the widow of a former executive who says she was wrongly denied benefits under an executive retirement plan after her husband’s death in 2023.

The widow accuses Coca-Cola of wrongly refusing to pay her spousal benefits based on the fact that she married the executive more than a decade after he retired and began receiving monthly payments. This is contrary to both plan terms and the company’s written communications to the couple around the time of their marriage, which made clear that she would be entitled to receive 100% of her husband’s benefits after his ...