NICHOL v. PULLMAN STANDARD, INC.

Nos. 88-2555, 88-2653 and 88-3055.

889 F.2d 115 (1989)

Ira W. NICHOL, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. PULLMAN STANDARD, INC., a Delaware corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Reid, Highland, Ind., Joel Sprayregen, Clifford Yuknis, Shefsky, Saitlin & Froelich, Chicago, Ill., Mark E. Schmidtke, John E. Hughes, Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

William J. Marshall, Wilmette, Ill., Charles Kelso, Robert C. Christenson, Roger K. Quillen, Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In 1983, Ira W. Nichol signed severance agreements in which he relinquished his rights to long-term disability benefits under his company's disability plans.

In 1985, Nichol commenced an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, seeking to avoid the terms of the severance agreements and to renew his eligibility for disability benefits. A bench trial was held on June...

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