DEAN v. NAT'L PRODUCTION WORKERS UNION SEVERANCE

No. 21-1872.

46 F.4th 535 (2022)

Walter DEAN and Dean Wollenzien, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL PRODUCTION WORKERS UNION SEVERANCE TRUST PLAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Luscombe, III , Elizabeth L. Rowe , John Peter Dowd , Attorneys, Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone, Auerbach & Yokich, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jed Wolf Glickstein , Nancy G. Ross , Samantha A. Machock , Attorneys, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees National Production Workers Union Severance Trust Plan, National Production Workers Union 401(k) Retirement Plan, Jose Diaz.

Nancy G. Ross , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Joseph V. Sense, Rosie Gibson.

Before Manion and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Walter Dean and Dean Wollenzien sued their former pension plans, the plans' trustees, and the plans' administrator for various claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974—more commonly known as ERISA. The district court dismissed the suit, and plaintiffs now appeal. We affirm in part, vacate...

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