Legal Opinion
Kelly Brines, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Xtra Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 2002No. 01-3977PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a class action under ERISA on behalf of 55 employees terminated when their employer, XTRA, transferred the part of its business in which they worked to ContainerPort. They claim that XTRA’s welfare benefits plan entitled them to severance pay even though they were offered the same employment by ContainerPort without a break on essentially the same terms. The district judge granted summary judgment for XTRA.
XTRA’s 1992 plan promised severance pay in a specific amount “if the Company determines that there should be a reduction in the workforce for business…
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