United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, along with the imposition of civil penalties on defendants for violation of ERISA's reporting and disclosure provision, in a case regarding the denial of severance benefits is affirmed where: 1) the plan administrator's decision to deny benefits was not arbitrary or capricious; 2) ERISA preempted plaintiff's state law claims; and 3) the district court used the correct method in calculating the civil penalties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2006
• Published 10/09/2006

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vilma M. Dapena Rodríguez, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl Schuster, with whom Lourdes C. Hernández-Venegas, María Santiago-Ramos and Schuster & Aguiló LLP were on brief, for appellees.