Legal Opinion
Dolores Frahm v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1998No. 97-1912PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Insurance agents affiliated with the Equitable Life Assurance Society receive medical benefits, as. do retired agents.. In 1988 the Equitable instituted a copayment program for all active and some retired agents; its right to do this was secure under both the medical care plan and the summary plan descriptions, which reserved the right to change the plan’s terms (or end the plan altogether) at any time. See Murphy v. Keystone Steel & Wire Co., 61 F.3d 560, 565 (7th Cir.1995); Senn v. United Dominion Industries, Inc., 951 F.2d 806, 814-16 (7th Cir. 1992). In 1991 the…
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