Legal Opinion
Kannapien v. Quaker Oats Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 2007No. 06-2543PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KA.NNE, Circuit Judge.
Geri Kannapien and Janice Rozhon each accepted a severance package from their employer, the Quaker Oats Company, and retired a few weeks later. The severance package consisted of benefits to be paid pursuant to written plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Although Kannapien and Rozhon have received the amounts to which the express written terms of the plans entitle them, they filed suit against Quaker and its parent company, PepsiCo, seeking equitable relief under ERISA, see 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3),…
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