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· 8/26/1994

Mark Diak v. Dwyer, Costello & Knox, P.C., Terrance D. Knox, and John E. Dwyer

Citations

  • 33 F.3d 809
  • 28 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1238
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 23312
  • 1994 WL 462179

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that payment of benefits from general fund satisfied the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding
  • finding that there was no evidence as to how employees “applied for” and received benefits or why others did not receive benefits
  • “[P]ayment of benefits out of general funds satisfies the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding.”
  • \[P]ayment of benefits out of general funds satisfies the requirement of an ascertainable source of funding.\
  • “A plan need not be in writing . . . so long as the plan is a reality, meaning something more than a mere decision to extend benefits.”
  • “[Wje look to-whether the decision ‘constituted an expressed intention by the employer to provide benefits on a regular and long-term basis,’.” (quoting Wickman v. Nw. Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 908 F.2d 1077, 1083 (1st Cir.

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Judges: Cudahy, Coffey, Norgle

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