Toler v. Bunch

How courts have described this case

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• noting that ambiguities in an ERISA plan are construed against its drafter
• “Ms. Launderville credibly testified that she was given the undated worksheet identified as Plaintiffs’ Exhibit 3 by Mr. Massari.”
• “[I]n construing the plan documents, a court cannot interpret words in a vacuum, but rather must carefully consider the parties’ context and the other provisions in the plan.” (brackets and citation omitted)
• “In approximately 2006, Mr. Laumeister convened a meeting . . . during which he explained that CTC was in financial distress . . . [and] proposed that employees accept a twenty percent pay‐cut.”
• “Tyler Burgess’s and Bonnie Jamieson’s claim to benefits under the 1997 Plan depends on their mother’s status at the time of her death both in terms of whether she was a Plan participant and whether she was employed by CTC at the time of her death.”

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