Bankers Credit Service of Vermont, Inc. v. Dorsch

How courts have described this case

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• “The question as to whether a contract is ambiguous is a question of law to be determined by the court.”
• once a grantor files for bankruptcy, the rabbi trust corpus becomes property of the grantor’s bankruptcy estate
• “In wage-and-hour disputes, such individualized damages 8 inquiries are common, and typically do not defeat certification.”
• “Contract terms must be construed to give meaning and effect to every part of the contract, rather than leave a portion of the contract meaningless or reduced to mere surplusage.”
• “In reality, the [deferred compensation] recipient receives only the company’s unsecured promise to pay benefits and has no right against any assets other than the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the company....”

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