Legal Opinion
Petrilli v. Drechsel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1990No. 89-3170PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Felix Petrilli, worked for the Inland Steel Company from 1960 until 1986, when he left the company incident to a major corporate reorganization. Following his departure he applied for and was denied pension and severance benefits. The defendants, the administrator of Inland’s pension plan and the administrator of Inland’s severance plan, each determined that Petrilli had left the company voluntarily and was therefore ineligible for severance or pension benefits. Petrilli then brought this suit in United States District Court alleging wrongful denial of…
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