Legal Opinion
Hickey v. A.E. Staley Manufacturing
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 1, 1993No. 91-3584PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge,
Michael Hickey, Fred Jung, Michael Crowley, Leonard Wall and Vincent Vitucci (“the plaintiffs”) sued A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company (“the defendant”) after being denied severance benefits under the defendant’s severance pay plan (“the Plan”). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant finding that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the Plan’s definition of participant (“employed by and located at the headquarters office”). The Plan is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.', which authorizes…
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