Alcantara et al v. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY UNION AND INDUSTRY ... PENSION PLAN 751 F. 3d 71 (3d Cir. 2014)
May 01, 2014OUTCOME: We won. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court decision.
Participants in employee pension benefit plan who had worked as bakers in various factories for various employers throughout country filed Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) action against ... pension fund and its board of trustees, alleging violation of section prohibiting decrease of accrued benefits through amendment of plan. Parties cross-moved for judgment on the pleadings. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Vincent L. Briccetti, J., 865 F.Supp.2d 469, granted participants’ motion. Employers appealed.
