Legal Opinion
The Sommers Drug Stores Company Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellee v. Walter N. Corrigan and Corrigan Enterprises, Inc., Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1989No. 88-1494PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
A class of participants and beneficiaries of Sommers Drug Stores Company Employee Profit Sharing Trust sued Walter N. Corrigan and Corrigan Enterprises, Inc., for breach of their fiduciary duty under ERISA and under state common law. The trial court dismissed the state law claim on grounds that it was preempted by ERISA, and the case proceeded to trial on the ERISA claims. The court entered judgment for the class following a jury verdict in its favor.
In Sommers Drug Stores v. Corrigan Enterprises, 793 F.2d 1456 (5th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S.…
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