Legal Opinion
Marrs v. Motorola, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2009No. 08-2451PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under ERISA for disability payments presents the recurring question whether an employee welfare benefits plan creates an entitlement to lifetime benefits rather than just to benefits that can be terminated by an amendment to the plan.
In 1997 Michael Marrs, an employee of Motorola, ceased working because of a psychiatric condition and began drawing disability benefits under Motorola’s Disability Income Plan. Six years later Motorola amended the plan to place a two-year limit on benefits for disability resulting from certain “Mental, Nervous, Alcohol, [or]…
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