9th Circuit Reverses Severance Benefits, Finding ERISA Plan Is Ambiguous

Mealey's (March 9, 2021, 8:16 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial court erred in granting former employees’ summary judgment motion on their claim for severance benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act as the language in the severance plan was ambiguous and the court abused its discretion in denying the defendants’ motion for discovery, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 2....