Legal Opinion
Houston v. Teamsters Local 210
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 24, 2014No. 11-cv-2417 (JFB)(ARL)PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge:
Pro se plaintiffs bring this action to collect severance pay, which they argue is due to them under the terms of the defendant ERISA-regulated fund. The plan governing the fund states that employees must have been terminated “within one (1) year of the date that the Employer ceased operating its business” in order to collect severance pay. Plaintiffs were terminated approximately three months before their employer ceased operations, and argue that this qualifies them for severance pay because three months is “within” one year of the…
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