133 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 1998) Cited 1,027 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that the principle that the terms of the SPD control when they conflict with the terms of the underlying plan does not apply when the SPD is merely silent on an issue because "[a]n omission from the summary plan description does not, by negative implication, alter the terms of the plan itself"