TriMas Corporation v. William Meyers

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

In May of 2009, William E. Meyers— then 76 years of age — received notice that his retirement benefits would no longer be paid to him. This case is one of several litigated over the past five years in which Mr. Meyers — now 81 years of age — has been forced to wade through a web of corporate entities and financial transactions seeking to determine who is responsible for paying his retirement benefits. All deny that responsibility.

Meyers served as an executive for TriMas Corporation from 1987 until he retired at age 65 in 1998. He received benefits under a…