IN RE FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC.

Cause No. 3:05-MD-527 RM. MDL No. 1700.

722 F.Supp.2d 1033 (2010)

In re FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., Employment Practices Litigation. This Document Relates to: Carlene M. Craig, et al. v. Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc., Civil No. 3:05-CV-530 RLM (KS).

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

June 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Taylor , Taylor Dunham & Burgess LLP, Austin, TX, Beth A. Ross , Eleanor I. Morton , Leonard Carder LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lynn R. Faris , Eleanor I. Morton , Leonard Carder LLP, Oakland, CA, Peter J. Agostino , Anderson Agostino & Keller PC, South Bend, IN, Susan E. Ellingstad , Charles N. Nauen , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Clayton D. Halunen PHV , Halunen & Associates, Minneapolis, MN, Anne T. Regan , J. Gordon Rudd , Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Barry S. Fagan , Darcie R. Brault , Dib Fagan and Brault PC, Royal Oak, MI, Robert K. Firsten , Abbott Nicholson PC, Detroit, MI, Robert E. McDaniel , McDaniel Law Offices, Concord, NH, Dan S. Smith , Dan Solomon Smith LLC, Orange, NJ, Peter W. Overs, Jr. , Robert I. Harwood , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Richard Tanenbaum , Brooklyn, NY, Matthew T. Tobin , Sioux Falls, SD, Alan M. Purdie , Purdie & Metz, Ridgeland, MS, Richard T. Phillips , Smith Phillips Mitchell & Scott, Batesville, MS, Jerald R. Cureton , Cureton Clark PC, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Donald B. Lewis Bala Cynwyd , PA, Philip Stephen Fuoco , Joseph A. Osefchen , The Law Firm of Philip Stephen Fuoco, Haddonfield, NJ, Lynn R. Faris , Leonard Carder LLP, Oakland, CA, Paula R. Markowitz , Markowitz & Richman, Philadelphia, PA, R. Christopher Gilreath , Gilreath & Associates, Memphis, TN, Joree Brownlow , Law Office of Joree G. Brownlow, Bartlett, TN, Joree Brownlow , Law Office of Joree G. Brownlow, Bartlett, TN, Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch Ltd., New Castle, PA, R. Bruce Carlson , Carlson Lynch Ltd., Sewickley, PA, Daniel O. Myers , Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Jack D. Hilmes , Michael R. Reck , Kevin J. Driscoll , Finley Alt Smith Scharnberg Craig Hilmes & Gaffney PC, Des Moines, IA, Ginger A. Degroff , Tampa, FL, James A. Staack , Staack Simms & Hernandez PA, Clearwater, FL, George A. Barton , Law Offices of George A. Barton PC, Kansas City, MO, Charles W. Whetstone, Jr. , Whetstone Meyers Perkins & Young, Cheryl F. Perkins , Columbia, SC, Jeffrey A. Bartos , Guerrieri Edmond Clayman & Bartos PC, Washington, DC, Soye Kim , Guerrieri Edmond Clayman & Bartos PC, Washington, DC, B. James Fitzpatrick , Fitzpatrick Spini & Swanston, Salinas, CA, William S. Hommel, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Tyler, TX, Andrew J. Kahn PHV , McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, Las Vegas, NV, Jacqueline Mezquita Fernandez , Miami, FL, J. Allen Brinkley , Brinkley & Chesnut, Huntsville, AL, Larry A. Golston, Jr. , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, Bruce H. Meizlish , Deborah R. Grayson , Meizlish & Grayson, Cincinnati, OH, Eileen S. Goodin , Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish LLP, Columbus, IN, John S. Marshall , Marshall and Morrow LLC Columbus, OH, Harold L. Lichten , Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC, Boston, MA, Mary D. Walsh-Dempsey , Todd J. O'Malley , O'Malley & Langan PC, Scranton, PA, Monica Ferraro , Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish LLP, Peter D. Winebrake , The Winebrake Law Firm LLC, Dresher, PA, Robert E Derose, II , Robert K. Handelman , Robert I. Harwood , Harwood Feffer LLP, Salvatore G. Gangemi , Gangemi Law Firm PC, New York, NY, Shannon Liss-Riordan , Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC, Mary Donne Peters , Michael J. Gorby , Gorby Peters & Associates, Atlanta, GA, Mark A. Friel , Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter PC, Portland, OR, Robert A. Garcin , Law Offices of Robert A. Garcin, Loveland, CO, for Plaintiffs.

Wesley Martin , pro se.

Devon Nugent , pro se.

Melissa Rohman , pro se.

Ralph Carl Veal , pro se.

Laron Jones , Baltimore, MD, pro se.

Edward J. Efkeman , Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN, C. Victor Pyle, III , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Columbia, SC, Chris A. Hollinger , Michael W. Kopp , Nora M. Puckett , Robin Dean , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, Carla D. Macaluso , Jackson Lewis LLP, Jennifer Rygiel Boyd , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Morristown, NJ, Karen P. Kruse PHV , Aaron Roblan , Jackson Lewis LLP, Seattle, WA, Kenneth Lee Blalack, II , Robert G. Ames , John H. Beisner PHV , Aparna B. Joshi , Guy Brenner , Jeffrey S. Nestler , Kenneth Lee Blalack, II , Evelyn L. Becker PHV , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Michael J. Puma PHV , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, R. Jay Taylor, Jr. , Seopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary PC, Indianapolis, IN, Jeffrey A. Trimarchi , Jennifer Lee Merzon, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Robert I. Harwood , Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY, Michael W. Garrison, Jr. , Michael G. McGuinness , Lesley A. Pate , Victor H. Jih , Venable LLP, Cameron H. Biscay , Laura E. Robinson , Robert M. Schwartz PHV , Scott Voelz , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Patricia A. Sullivan , Edwards & Angell, Steve Dennis PHV , Reid & Dennis PC, Dallas, TX, Alison G. Fox , D. Lucetta Pope , Thomas J Brunner, Jr. , Baker & Daniels, South Bend, IN, Kenneth E. Milam , Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Robert James Penny , Wick Bramer Ukasick & Trautwein LLC, Fort Collins, CO, Steven Matthew Kelso , Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendants.


OPINION and ORDER

ROBERT L. MILLER, JR., District Judge.

This matter is before the court on FedEx's motion for partial summary judgment seeking dismissal of the plaintiffs' ERISA claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The plaintiff drivers brought this class action suit against FedEx pursuant to ERISA's denial of benefit provision, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) (ERISA § 502(a)(1)(B)). They claim FedEx violated ERISA by misclassifying...

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