Legal Opinion
Sejman v. Warner-Lambert Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1988No. Nos. 87-3824, 87-3825PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge;
This consolidated appeal arose from two civil actions wherein former employees of Warner-Lambert Co., Inc. (“Warner-Lambert”) asserted a right under South Carolina contract law to benefits pursuant to their former employer’s severance policy. Warner-Lambert moved for summary judgment on the ground that state law claims for severance benefits were *67preempted by the standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”). The district court denied summary judgment, concluding that Warner-Lambert’s failure to raise ERISA…
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