EDWARDS v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.

No. 64A04-8903-CV-077.

554 N.E.2d 833 (1990)

Ben EDWARDS; Walter Huber, Jr.; Rudy Hernandez; Ted Frye; Raymond Sowles; James Zaideman; Brad Bennett; Freeman Bragdon; Richard Simmons; and Gerald Wheeler, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation; Flr Company, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; and Unknown Owners and Claimants, Appellees (Defendants below).

Indiana Court of Appeals, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Puchalski, Doss, Puchalski & Keenan, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Steve H. Tokarski, Tokarski and Anast, Schererville, for appellants.

Larry G. Evans, Katharine E. Gerken, Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso, for appellees.


CHEZEM, Presiding Judge.

Case Summary

Plaintiffs/Appellants, Ben Edwards, et al., appeal the granting of Defendants/Appellees, Bethlehem Steel Corporation's, et al., motion for summary judgment. The trial court held that Appellants could not recover under the Indiana mechanic's lien statute because that statute was preempted by The Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). We affirm in part and remand for further proceedings.

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