SOTO v. DISNEY SEVERANCE PAY PLAN

Docket No. 20-4081 August Term, 2020.

26 F.4th 114 (2022)

Nancy J. SOTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DISNEY SEVERANCE PAY PLAN, Investment and Administrative Committee of the Walt Disney Company Sponsored Qualified Benefit Plans and Key Employees Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan, the Walt Disney Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Preminger , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shailee Diwanji Sharma ( Andrew A. Ruffino , Robert S. Newman , on the brief), Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY & Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Judge Sullivan dissents in a separate opinion.


Plaintiff-Appellant Nancy J. Soto is a former employee of The Walt Disney Company ("Disney"). After a stroke and other serious medical issues left her unable to work, Disney terminated her employment. Although Disney paid Soto disability benefits, it did not pay her severance benefits under the Disney Severance Pay Plan (the...

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