Ford Motor Co.'s decision to reduce a former worker’s monthly pension payments by more than $4,300 withstood a legal test when a Michigan federal judge dismissed the worker’s lawsuit claiming he detrimentally relied on the promise of a higher pension.

Peter Kanefsky, who worked for Ford units in the US and England for 38 years, failed to show that the company intended to induce him to take action, namely to retire, when it provided him with a mistaken estimate of his pension benefits, Judge Sean F. Cox ruled. This is fatal to Kanefsky’s lawsuit, which argues Ford should be blocked ...

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