Marathon Petroleum Beats Executive’s ERISA, Contract Lawsuit

A former oil refining executive who resigned after Marathon Petroleum Corp. bought her parent company failed to convince a US judge that she was wrongly denied severance benefits.

Stacey Orlandi’s resignation from Virent Inc. didn’t meet the “good reason” criteria to be eligible for benefits as a part of the Andeavor Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan, Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick said Monday.

The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio judge granted Marathon and Andeavor LLC’s motion for summary judgment on Orlandi’s contract claims as well as the companies’ motion for judgment on the administrative record ...