Fremont v. McGraw-Edison Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CROWLEY, District Judge.

This civil action was brought by three former employees of McGraw-Edison Company to recover certain pension and profit sharing benefits. Plaintiffs, Robert Fremont, Ronald McCarthy, and Henry Dybal assert that their entitlement to these benefits under the Halo Lighting Division of McGraw-Edison Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Trust (Trust) 1 was wrongfully denied in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. In response defendants argue that ERISA is inapplicable. Further, defendants assert…