Legal Opinion
Buczynski v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 15, 1980No. Nos. 79-1534, 79-1668PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals pose a single question: whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) or the laws of New Jersey invalidate the provision of the pension plans of defendants General Motors and Raybestos-Manhattan authorizing reduction, or offset, of pension benefits by amounts received by the pensioner under a Workmen’s Compensation statute. We conclude that these offset provisions are not unlawful under ERISA, and that the New Jersey statute prohibiting them is preempted by ERISA. We therefore reverse the *1240district court orders…
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