Legal Opinion
Cruz v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., PR, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 7, 2012No. 11-1617PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
After they were fired from their jobs, appellants Cesar Cruz, Jose Lasanta, and Marcelo Diaz filed suit in federal district court against their former employer, appellee Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufactur ing Company (“Bristol-Myers”), and against the severance plan established by Bristol-Myers pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, appellee BMS Severance Plan. The district court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment, and appellants now challenge that ruling, as well as a number of the district court’s other…
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