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FAIRNENY v. SAVOGRAN COMPANY

422 Mass. 469 (1996)

ROBERT J. FAIRNENY & another vs. SAVOGRAN COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sobol (Samuel M. Shafner with him) for the defendant.

Robert S. Potters for the plaintiffs.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

We transferred the case to this court on our own motion to decide whether the plaintiffs' claims of wrongful discharge and defamation2 are preempted by § 514 (a), 29 U.S.C. § 1144, of the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1994).3 A judge in the Superior Court concluded that any connection...

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