United States Sixth Circuit

In an ERISA suit brought by former employees of defendant against it and various other parties after those parties allegedly breached fiduciary duties that they owed to the company's Welfare Benefit Plan, dismissal of plaintiffs claims is affirmed in part, but reversed in part where, contrary to the ruling below, plaintiffs are permitted to seek relief from defendants pursuant to section 502(a)(2) of ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/14/2007
• Published 12/14/2007

Judges

• Before:  GUY, ROGERS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Robert S. Belovich, Parma, Ohio, for Appellants.  Gary A. Piper, Baran, Piper, Tarkowsky, Fitzgerald & Theis, Mansfield, Ohio, Andrew J. Dorman, Janik & Dorman, Cleveland, Ohio, Ari H. Jaffe, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.  G. William Scott, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.   ON BRIEF:  Robert S. Belovich, Parma, Ohio, Anand N. Misra, Beachwood, Ohio, for Appellants.  Gary A. Piper, Baran, Piper, Tarkowsky, Fitzgerald & Theis, Mansfield, Ohio, Mark A. Van Dyne, Baran, Piper, Tarkowsky, Fitzgerald & Theis, Lima, Ohio, Ellyn Tamulewicz Mehendale, Janik & Dorman, Cleveland, Ohio, Ari H. Jaffe, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.  G. William Scott, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.