Brotherhood's Relief and Compensation Fund v. Cawthorn

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding benefits to an employee under a job protection plan after he was fired from his employment for violating company work rules. We reverse and render.

In May 1986, Anthony Cawthorn was a dues paying member of the Brotherhood’s Relief and Compensation Fund, an organization composed of members of the Railroad Brotherhood or Union. The object of the organization was to provide benefits for its members for “Held Out of Service” or “Retirement”. The term “Held Out of Service” is defined in the Brotherhood’s Constitution to include…