David Davidian Audrey R. Davidian v. Southern California Meat Cutters Union and Food Employees Benefit Fund

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• distinguishing cases that limit application of equitable estoppel on the basis of the application of estoppel for or against the benefit plan
• use of estoppel prohibited where it would effectively create coverage contrary to terms of written agreement under Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• plaintiff may not bring an equitable estoppel claim that “would result in a payment of benefits that would be inconsistent with the written plan,” or would, |
• oral agreement is without effect if it runs counter to the written instrument
• oral agreement is without effect if it runs counter to the written instrument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).