WILSON v. MOOG AUTOMOTIVE, INC. PENSION PLAN

No. 98-3812.

193 F.3d 1004 (1999)

Harold G. WILSON; Robert N. Goodwin; Calvin Smith; James R. Brinker; Jerry Thrasher; John B. Hawley; Gary L. Vails; Dale L. Franklin; David L. Jones, Appellants, v. MOOG AUTOMOTIVE, INC. PENSION PLAN and Trust for U.A.W. Employees; Cooper Industries, also known as Moog Automotive Inc. Group Life & Weekly Disability Plan, Inc. Insured & Self-Funded Comprehensive Health Care Plan; Cooper Industries, Inc., Trusteed Comprehensive Health Care Plan; Moog Automotive, Inc. Prescription Drug Plan, also known as Health Benefits Program for Retirees of Moog Automotive Inc., Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan; Cooper Industries, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Guinness, St. Charles, MO, argued, for appellant.

Michael P. Burke, St. Louis, MO, argued (Gregory A. Hewett, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and LONGSTAFF, District Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Nine former employees of Moog Automotive Division, Cooper Industries, Inc. (the Company), appeal from the judgment of the District Court2 entered in favor of the Company and the other named defendants after a trial on the plaintiffs' claims alleging various violations of ERISA.3 We affirm.

I.

The nine plaintiffs were all employees at the Company's Wellston, Missouri...

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