Wade Gentz v. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Severance Plan

Case 2:20-cv-10100-ODW-PLA Document Filed 03/25/ Page 1 of Page ID #:492

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WADE GENTZ,

Case No. 2:20-cv-10100-ODW (PLAx)

Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR PARTIAL

14 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. SUMMARY JUDGMENT [46] 15 SEVERANCE PLAN, et al.,

16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Wade Gentz initiated this action under the Employee Retirement 20 Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) against Defendant Twenty-First Century 21 Fox, Inc. Severance Plan and related entities (collectively, the “Plan”) for severance 22 benefits he asserts the Plan wrongfully denied him. (Second Am. Compl., ECF 23 No. 35.) Gentz now moves for partial summary judgment, seeking a legal 24 determination that the Plan is prohibited from asserting in these proceedings that 25 Gentz’s termination did not qualify him for benefits under the “Good Reason” 26 provision of the operative…