United States Second Circuit

Because Diduck v. Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, Inc., 974 F.2d 270 (2d Cir. 1992), has been superseded by subsequent decisions of the Supreme Court, and because Congress cannot have intended ERISA to preempt the plaintiff trustees' unexceptional state-law claims, dismissal of claims of negligence of a pension plan's actuary is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2003
• Published 05/19/2003

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge., Before:  KATZMANN, B.D. PARKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth Hopkins, Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation (Eugene Scalia, Solicitor of Labor, Timothy D. Hauser, Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security Division, Paul C. Adair, Trial Attorney, on the brief), U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J. Alonso,Alonso, Andalkar & Kahn, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Savasta & Company, Inc., Richard H. Markowitz (Nancy A. Walker, on the brief), Markowitz & Richman, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Alfred G. Gerosa, Joseph Mitrione, John J. Pylilo, Paul M. Manita, Angelo Scagnelli, Bert Gallo, and John Pagliuca, Trustees, Cement Masons' Local 780 Pension Fund.