FLANAGAN v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 01 C 1541.

580 F.Supp.2d 663 (2008)

Jay F. FLANAGAN, James W. Carson, John M. Chaney, and Donald W. Jones, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, and the Agent Transition Severance Plan, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Ross Walner, Lawrence Walner, Michael S. Hilicki, Lawrence Walner & Associates, Chicago, IL, Daniel Jon Gatti, Gatti, Gatti, Maier, Sayer, Thayer & Assoc., Salem, OR, Michael A. Rakov, Grumley, Kamin & Rosic, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Richard Cartier Godfrey, Samuel Blatnick, Alison Renee Richards, Andrew Baker Bloomer, Brian Patrick Kavanaugh, Donna M. Welch, George D. Sax, Jamenda A. McCoy, Jane Soyeon Park, John Benjamin Rottenborn, Meghan J. Dolan, Rodin A. Mehrbani, Sallie Gamble Smylie, Kirkland & Elllis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Thomas Elliott Deer, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES B. MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Agent Transition Severance Plan (the Plan), moves for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiffs' ERISA Section 510 claim. Defendant Allstate moves for judgment on the pleadings, alleging that ERISA pre-empts plaintiffs' breach of contract claim. For the following reasons, we grant the Plan's motion and deny Allstate's motion.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c...

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