United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-utility in a case concerning termination of dental plans for non-union employees is affirmed where an employer is generally free at any time, absent an undertaking to the contrary, to cancel a welfare benefit plan, and the plan documents reserved to the company "the right...to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time."

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2006
• Published 05/31/2006

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• United States First Circuit

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