(January 2, 2020, 5:37 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A district court properly concluded that a former employee was not entitled to severance benefits because the employer’s reasons for terminating the employee fall within the severance plan’s definition of cause, making the employee ineligible for benefits, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Dec. 13 (Michael White v. The Senior Leaders Severance Pay Plan of Danaher Corp., et al., No. 18-55891, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36918)....