Legal Opinion
Smith v. Rochester Telephone Business Marketing Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 13, 1992No. Civ. 90-81LPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARIMER, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
This is an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Plaintiff, Lawrence D. Smith (“Smith”), seeks to recover damages based on his claims that he has been denied benefits to which he is entitled under certain employee benefit plans.
The complaint names thirteen defendants. Two defendants, Rochester Telephone Business Marketing Corporation (“RTBMC”) and Rotelcom, Inc. (“Rotelcom”), are former employers of Smith. RTBMC is allegedly an “umbrella” sales and marketing company for several subsidiaries of Rochester…
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