3rd Circuit Affirms Denial Of Severance Benefits For Disabled Employee

Mealey's (March 22, 2016, 1:39 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A New Jersey federal judge did not err in granting the Severance Pay Plan of Johnson & Johnson and Affiliated U.S. Companies (the plan) summary judgment on allegations that it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by denying an employee’s request for severance benefits, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded March 21 in an unpublished ruling (Alan M. Becknell v. Severance Pay Plan of Johnson & Johnson and Affiliated U.S. Companies, No. 15-2660, 3rd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5071)....

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