Thomas A. Schweitzer v. Teamsters Local 100

OPINION

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Thomas Schweitzer (“Schweitzer”) alleges that Defendant Teamsters Local 100 (“Local 100”) terminated his employment with the union in an effort to avoid the payment of his pension, health, and welfare benefits, in violation of Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. Though Local 100 may have considered the cost of pension and health insurance premiums in deciding whether to lay off employees, we find that the union exhibited no desire to avoid pension liability through Schweitzer’s termination. Local 100’s…