Lavey v. Edwards

In these three cases plaintiffs seek to recover contributions made by their employer, Industrial Lumber Co., into a “Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees * * As affirmative defenses to these claims defendants, the trustees under that plan, allege that one of the provisions of that plan was that if an employee who participated in it “accepted employment with a competitor of the Employer, or established his own competing business * * * such participant’s benefits shall be suspended or terminated, in whole or in part * * Defendants also alleged that these three plaintiffs were…