Legal Opinion
Dennis Fitzgerald v. Codex Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 17, 1989No. 88-1781PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Fitzgerald originally filed the complaint in this case in the Superior Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Fitzgerald stated contract and tort claims against his former employer, Codex Corpo ration (“Codex”) for wrongful discharge. 1 Essentially, he claimed that Codex discharged him in retaliation for and to avoid Fitzgerald’s former wife trying to collect health benefits under Codex’s health plan.
Codex removed the case to the United States District Court asserting that Fitzgerald’s claims related to an employee benefit plan subject to the Employee…
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