Legal Opinion
Ira W. Nichol, Cross-Appellee v. Pullman Standard, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 1989No. 88-2555, 88-2653 and 88-3055PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, Ira W. Nichol signed severance agreements in which he relinquished his rights to long-term disability benefits under his company’s disability plans.
In 1985, Nichol commenced an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, seeking to avoid the terms of the severance agreements and to renew his eligibility for disability benefits. A bench trial was held on June 1 and 2, 1988. At the close of Nichol’s evidence the defendants, Pullman Standard, Inc. 1 and the former and present administrators of Pullman’s…
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