Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Gill & Duffus Chemicals, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 10, 1988No. 85 CIV 4119 (LBS)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
This action was brought by sixteen former employees of defendant Gill & Duffus ■ Chemicals, Inc. (“Chemicals”) to recover severance benefits allegedly owed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. ■ (“ERISA”). Chemicals has asserted eight counterclaims, most of which are contingent on a finding of liability against the corporation.
This Court held on December 29, 1987 that an ERISA severance benefit plan existed at Chemicals at the time the plaintiffs stopped working for Chemicals in 1983 and began working for a successor…
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