Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Akzo Nobel, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided June 19, 2000No. 6:99-cv-06583PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs commenced this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., seeking to recover certain retirement benefits allegedly due them under the Akzo Nobel Retirement Account Plan (“the Plan”). The original complaint contained six causes of action: two under ERISA; three state-law claims for breach of contract, fraud, and conspiracy to defraud; and a claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.
Defendants, Akzo Nobel, Inc. (“Akzo”), the Plan, by its…
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