Legal Opinion
Sikora v. UPMC
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 22, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-01860PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Mark R. Hornak, United States District Judge
The question presented in dueling motions for partial summary 'judgment is whether Defendant UPMC’s Non-Qualified Supplemental Benefit Plan (the “Plan”) is a “top hat” plan under 29 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(1), and thus exempt from the substantive provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq.
The Court has reviewed those Motions and all briefs in support of and in opposition to them. ECF Nos. 53; 54; 57; 58; 61. The Court also heard from both parties at oral argument on December 1, 2015.…
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