Legal Opinion
Kreutzer v. A.O. Smith Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1991No. 90-3547PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
Seven employees sued their former employer, A.O. Smith Corporation (“A.O. Smith”), alleging that it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001-1461 (1988) (“ERISA”), in its computation of severance pay. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Because we hold that the employees’ purported reliance upon an out-dated company handbook was unreasonable, we affirm.
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The following facts essentially are undisputed. Ronald Kreutzer, Fred Hinze, Alan Allen, John O’Shea, Thomas Yeigh, Frank Cartwright, and Gary Jeske (“the employees”) worked as…
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