Crespo v. Candela Laser Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action for recovery of employee severance benefits raises a question of growing importance in the federal courts concerning the limits of federal preemption of such actions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988). ERISA cases generally, and the removal of associated state law causes of action to the federal courts in particular, constitute a burgeoning area of the federal courts’ caseload. 1

This single-count breach of contract claim was originally filed by the plaintiff…