BROBST
v.
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC., ET AL.

U.S. | 1988-12-05
No. 88-636
488 U.S. 981 Supreme Court of the United States (1988) Positive Treatment
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  • Bradshaw v. Pantry Pride Enters., Inc., 566 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
    …ct in entering summary judgment for the employer, albeit for the wrong reason. Affirmed. . 29 U.S.C. §§ 1021-1023. . See, e.g., Young v. Standard Oil, 849 F. 2d 1039 (7th Cir.1988) (severance pay plan subject to ERISA requirements), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 981, 109 S.Ct. 529, 102 L.Ed.2d 561 (1988); Blau v. Del Monte Corp., 748 F. 2d 1348 (9th Cir.1984) (same), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 865, 106 S.Ct. 183, 88 L.Ed.2d 152 (1985). . In fact, it is not at all clear that an employer’s failure to disclose rises…
  • Hozier v. Midwest Fasteners, Inc., 908 F.2d 1155 (3d Cir. 1990)
    …, 109 S.Ct. 1745, 104 L.Ed.2d 182 (1989); Young v. Standard Oil (Indiana), 849 F. 2d 1039, 1045 (7th Cir.1988) (“In short, an employer does not owe its employees a fiduciary duty when it amends or abolishes a severance benefit plan.”), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 981, 109 S.Ct. 529, 102 L.Ed.2d 561 (1989); Anderson v. John Morrell & Co., 830 F. 2d 872, 876 (8th Cir.1987) (“[T]he terms of ERISA do not provide a cause of action against the Company for unilaterally eliminating the policy.”); Cunha v. Ward Foods, In…
  • Adams v. Avondale Indus., Inc., 905 F.2d 943 (6th Cir. 1990)
    …nt of benefits before normal retirement age must be found in pertinent employment agreements. Id. (citations omitted). The Seventh Circuit adopted the reasoning of Sutton in Young v. Standard Oil (Indiana), 849 F. 2d 1039 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 981, 109 S.Ct. 529, 102 L.Ed.2d 561 (1988). In Young, the defendant employers amended their severance plan shortly before the sale of a division in order to avoid paying an estimated $6.2 million in severance benefits. The original plan, providing that…

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