Finch v. Hillshire Brands Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

C. LYNWOOD SMITH, JR., District Judge.

Plaintiff, Stephen Finch, asserts a single claim for payment of severance benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.1 He named the following defendants: (1) his former employer, The Hillshire Brands Company (“the Company”); (2) Hillshire Brands Severance Pay Plan (“the Plan”), an employee welfare benefit plan established by the Company to provide severance benefits to terminated employees; and (3) The Hill-shire Brands Company Employee Benefits Administrative…