Legal Opinion
Pens. Plan Guide P 23918v Diane L. Lindemann v. Mobil Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1996No. 95-2808PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the question whether a district court abused its discretion by requiring a plaintiff to exhaust her administrative remedies prior to filing a federal lawsuit alleging a violation of the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. We hold that the decision was not an abuse of discretion and therefore affirm.
Background
At the time of her termination, Diane Lin-demann had been employed by Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil”) for roughly seventeen years. She had taken twenty-six “sick days” in the two years prior to her…
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