Legal Opinion
MATTHEWS AND FIELDS LUMBER CO. v. New England Ins. Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 26, 2000No. 6:99-cv-06314PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
The complaint in this action was originally filed in New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County, in May 1998. The complaint alleges that defendant, New England Insurance Company (“New England”) breached certain duties that it owed to plaintiff, Matthews and Fields Lumber Co., Inc. (sometimes “M & F”), with respect to defendant’s amendment of a defined benefit plan (“the Plan”) that M & F had adopted for its employees. Defendant removed the action to this court in July 1999, on the ground that plaintiffs claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement…
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