Taylor v. Visteon Corp.

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Ninety former employees of Visteon Corporation appeal the dismissal of their ERISA breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim. Because the lawsuit falls within the scope of a release of claims that the plaintiffs signed, we affirm.

I

When Visteon, a former subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, terminated numerous employees as part of a reduction in force, it offered the terminated employees two options under the Visteon Separation Program (VSP). Under the first option, employees received separation pay of “[u]p to 3 months of base salary” and medical coverage that continued “for a maximum…