Legal Opinion
William M. Salus v. Gte Directories Service Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1997No. 96-1744PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The district court, after a bench trial, entered judgment in favor of William M. Salus under section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The district court found that GTE terminated Salus in order to interfere with rights protected by ERISA The district court also held that Salus was not required to pursue possible remedies under the GTE Short-Term Disability Plan (“STD Plan”), as pursuit of these administrative remedies would have been futile. GTE appeals the district court’s decision on three grounds: (1) the…
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