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FORNAROTTO v. AMERICAN WATERWORKS CO., INC.

No. 97-5332.

144 F.3d 276 (1998)

Joseph FORNAROTTO, Appellant, v. AMERICAN WATERWORKS COMPANY, INC.; New Jersey-American Water Company-Eastern Division.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Gijanto, (Argued), Schibell & Mennie, L.L.C., Ocean, NJ, Attorneys for Appellant.

Ezra D. Rosenberg, Robert D. Rhoad (Argued), Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Princeton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: GREENBERG, NYGAARD and McKEE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Fornarotto appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his employer, New Jersey-American Water Company. The district court ruled that this suit under ERISA was barred under New Jersey's entire controversy doctrine because Fornarotto's previously filed tort action was sufficiently related to the instant action to trigger application of that doctrine. For the reasons that follow...

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