GODLESKI v. FIRSTENERGY CORP.

No. 06-3448.

477 F.3d 403 (2007)

Walter Lawrence GODLESKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRSTENERGY CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martin S. Hume, Youngstown, Ohio, for Appellant. Paul L. Jackson, Roetzel & Andress, Akron, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Martin S. Hume, Youngstown, Ohio, for Appellant. Paul L. Jackson, Karen D. Adinolfi, Roetzel & Andress, Akron, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: GILMAN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; TARNOW, District Judge.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

After FirstEnergy eliminated Lawrence Godleski's position with the company, it denied his claim for severance benefits under the company's benefits plan. Godleski filed a lawsuit to recover the benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., and the district court entered judgment on the administrative record in favor...

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