BLACK v. TIC INVESTMENT CORP.

No. 88-2658.

900 F.2d 112 (1990)

Paul E. BLACK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIC INVESTMENT CORP.; Stratton Georgoulis, Individually; and James H. Slife, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. O'Leary, Wheaton, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

David A. List, Eugene A. Schoon, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Charles C. Frederiksen, Jonathan C. Wilson, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

The controlling issue in this case is whether principles of estoppel apply to force an employer to provide severance benefits under an ERISA plan. We hold that estoppel principles do apply and therefore reverse the judgment of the district court.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Paul E. Black was a salaried employee of the White Farm Equipment Company (White), a subsidiary of White Motor Corporation, from April of 1964 until...

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