Legal Opinion
Leland R. Chalmers v. Quaker Oats Company, Quaker Officers' Severance Program, Douglas Ralston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 1995No. 94-2792PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Leland Chalmers, a former Vice President in Quaker Oats’ (“Quaker”) Tax Department, filed an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., challenging the Quaker Oats Officers’ Severance Program Committee’s (“Committee”) decision denying him severance benefits after he was discharged for violating Quaker’s policy against sexual harassment. The Committee concluded that Chalmers was not entitled to severance benefits because sexual harassment constituted gross misconduct which thereby disqualified him from benefits under the…
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