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· 9/18/1996

Chiles v. Ceridian Corporation

Citations

  • 95 F.3d 1505
  • 22 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1403
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 24450

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that plaintiffs' interpretation of the plan “would render the termination exception superflous”
  • not possible to determine from the language of the long-term disability plan what benefits the plan includes, and therefore issue is not appropriate for summary judgment
  • not possible to determine from the language of the long-term disability plan what benefits the plan includes, and therefore issue is not appropriate for summary judgment
  • “In interpreting the term's of an ERISA plan [the court] examine[s] the plan documents as a whole and, if unambiguous, [the court] construe[s] them as a matter of law.”

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Judges: Baldock, Henry, Lucero

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