United States Seventh Circuit

In an ERISA suit brought by plaintiffs-former employees who accepted a severance package from defendant-Quaker Oats Company and retired, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) there was no issue of material fact on an ERISA estoppel claim and the district court properly held that Quaker and Pepsico were entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law; 2) ERISA claims for breach of fiduciary duty failed as plaintiff failed to show that certain individuals were plan fiduciaries, and did not sue the plan administrators or other fiduciaries; and 3) state-law claims were preempted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2007
• Published 11/14/2007

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Constantine L. Trela, Jr. (argued), Erin Elaine Kelly, Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.