Edwards v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

CHEZEM, Presiding Judge.

Case Summary

Plaintiffs/Appellants, Ben Edwards, et al., appeal the granting of Defendants/Ap-pellees, Bethlehem Steel Corporation's, et al., motion for summary judgment. The trial court held that Appellants could not recover under the Indiana mechanic's lien statute because that statute was preempted by The Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). We affirm in part and remand for further proceedings.

Issues

I. Whether ERISA preempts Indiana's mechanic's lien statute regarding a claim brought to collect unpaid wages and fringe benefits owed to employees.

II.…