Legal Opinion
Harold G. Deibler v. United Food and Commercial Workers' Local Union 23
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 17, 1992No. 91-3492PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
I
Plaintiff-appellee Harold Deibler was employed by the defendant-appellant local union for nineteen years. Some months before he was discharged in 1985, the union terminated its longstanding severance pay policy. Deibler was subsequently denied severance pay. He brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), claiming that the union was legally obligated to pay him these benefits. The district court agreed. Because the severance policy was lawfully terminated before Deibler’s discharge, we will reverse.
II
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