Legal Opinion
Laniok v. Advisory Committee of the Brainerd Manufacturing Co. Pension Plan
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 27, 1990No. CIV-89-1267TPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
TELESCA, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Peter Laniok commenced this action pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, 1132 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), alleging that he had been unfairly denied pension benefits by his former employer, the Brainerd Manufacturing Company. In its answer, the defendant averred as its first affirmative defense that Laniok signed a waiver at the commencement of his employment foreclosing him from participating in the company pension plan. Both parties have conducted some discovery and each now moves for summary judgment with respect to…
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- Peter J. Laniok v. Advisory Committee of the Brainerd Manufacturing Company Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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