Szczytko v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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• noting “the reasonable understanding of the beneficiaries, as well as the intent of the employer, may be admissible to clarify ambiguities [in an ERISA plan term]”
• ambiguous terms in ERISA severance plan will not be construed against drafter without first attempting to ascertain intent of parties
• “Severance plans are often similar to employment contracts, whose interpretation requires determining the intent of both contracting parties.”
• \A term is ambiguous if it is subject to reasonable alternative interpretations.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).