Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Food Lion, Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided May 26, 2000No. Civ.A. 2:90-0505-11PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HAWKINS, District Judge.
This case came on for a bench trial before this court in May of 1997 in Charleston, South Carolina. The suit was originally filed by Rickey Bryant and his family in March of 1990 on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of similarly situated persons.
In 1991, the complaint was amended to delete several common law claims, and the court granted summary judgment to the defendants on one of four claims arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Following three (3) years of discovery, the court found that the…
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