Economu v. Borg-Warner Corp.

Ralph C. Economu appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ne-vas, J., granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment upon a finding that the ERISA plan administrators did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in determining Eco-nomu’s pension plan vesting rights, 662 F.Supp. 1047.

Economu was hired in May 1976 by Borg-Warner’s predecessor, Burns International Security Services, and began participating in a pre-ERISA pension plan that provided vesting credit based on elapsed time until termination. Seven months later, Burns adopted an…