Northrop, Alight Beat Would-Be Class Action Over Pension Math

Northrop Grumman Corp. and its benefits administrator, Alight Solutions LLC, convinced a federal judge in Los Angeles to dismiss a proposed class action by retirees who say they were misled about their pension benefits.

Northrop retiree Stephen Bafford failed to show that the defendants violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by overstating workers’ pension benefits and later recalculating those benefits at a significant reduction, Judge Otis D. Wright II of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California held.

Bafford says he retired in 2016 and began receiving monthly pension benefits of $2,114. A few months later, ...