KANNAPIEN v. QUAKER OATS CO.

No. 06-2543.

507 F.3d 629 (2007)

Geri KANNAPIEN and Janice Rozhon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. QUAKER OATS COMPANY and PepsiCo, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Constantine L. Trela, Jr. (argued), Erin Elaine Kelly, Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Geri Kannapien and Janice Rozhon each accepted a severance package from their employer, the Quaker Oats Company, and retired a few weeks later. The severance package consisted of benefits to be paid pursuant to written plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Although Kannapien and Rozhon have received the amounts to which the express written terms of the plans entitle them...

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