CRAWFORD v. TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC

Nos. 08-1132, 08-1777.

560 F.3d 607 (2009)

Jerry CRAWFORD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeanne E. Mirer, Eisner & Mirer, New York, New York, for Appellants. Robert M. Vercruysse, Vercruysse, Murray & Calzone, Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jeanne E. Mirer, Eisner & Mirer, New York, New York, for Appellants. Robert M. Vercruysse, William E. Altman, Vercruysse, Murray & Calzone, Bingham Farms, Michigan, Brian A. Paton, TRW Automotive, Livonia, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before MARTIN and COOK, Circuit Judges; WATSON, District Judge.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, a class of former TRW Automotive employees, allege that TRW violated the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act by closing the plant where they worked to interfere with the vesting of their retirement benefits. The district court disagreed, and granted the company's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

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TRW, an indirect subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation,...

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