Bublitz v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PRATT, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in the lead case. For the reasons that follow, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion in part and denies it in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Originally, the Plaintiffs in this case were Ann Bublitz (“Bublitz”) and Dorothy Pierce (“Pierce”). They sought to represent themselves, as well as all those similarly situated with respect to the benefit plan at issue, against the Defendants, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (“Pioneer”) and E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”). In…