Legal Opinion
Donald R. Powell v. A.T. & T. Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. 90-3207PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Donald Powell sued his former employer, A.T. & T. Communications (AT & T), alleging that AT & T discharged him to avoid paying his medical insurance and disability benefits in violation of Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. The district court granted AT & T’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Powell had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies with AT & T prior to filing suit. We affirm that decision.
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Powell started working for AT & T in 1970. Throughout his eighteen years of…
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