Golen v. Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA *

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, John Golen, a former employee of the defendant, Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation, brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the defendant is contractually obligated to pay him pension benefits equivalent to those pension benefits he would have accrued under Chamberlain’s pension plan. Plaintiff moved for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability. Defendant filed a cross-motion for summary judgment based on the preemptive effect of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (29 U.S.C.A.…