EDES v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 03-2162.

417 F.3d 133 (2005)

Ronald R. EDES, Kevin Lyons, John Parsons, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan, with whom Earl D. Munroe, Munroe & Chew, Michael M. McArdle, and Law Offices of Michael M. McArdle were on brief, for appellant.

Jeffrey G. Huvelle, with whom Frederick G. Sandstrom, Covington & Burling, Marc Schoenecker, and Verizon Services Group were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Ronald R. Edes, Kevin Lyons, and John Parsons appeal the dismissal of their claims against Defendants-appellees Verizon Communications, Inc., et al., under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C § 1001-1461, as amended ("ERISA"). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated ERISA by relegating them to the payrolls of third-party payroll agencies, thereby: (1) wrongfully denying them benefits under...

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