Legal Opinion
Evanoff v. Banner Mattress Co., Inc.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided November 16, 2007No. 3:07CV01754PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES G. CARR, Chief Judge.
This case involves a contract dispute over pension benefits. Plaintiff George Evanoff seeks damages under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (ERISA) and various state law claims as a result of Defendant Banner Mattress Company’s [BMC] allegedly wrongful termination of him and interference with his benefits. Pending are defendants’ motions to: 1) dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, failure to state a claim, and on abstention grounds; 2) pre-empt Evanoffs state law claims; and 3) dismiss Evanoffs request…
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