Donald Gardner worked as a technical director at KRON-TV for more than 30 years before he retired in 2009. After a rare blood disease ultimately to his death in 2014, Gardner�s husband, David Reed (not pictured), sought spousal survivor benefits under the TV station�s pension plan. He was denied. Now Reed is suing KRON-TV, its parent company and IBEW Local 45, through which the pension is run. Photo: Steve Underhill