CRUZ v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO., PR, INC.

No. 11-1617.

699 F.3d 563 (2012)

Cesar I. CRUZ; Jose I. Lasanta; Marcelo Diaz, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Jane Doe; Jane Doe 1; Jane Doe 2; Conjugal Partnership Lasanta-Doe 1; Conjugal Partnership Cruz-Doe; Conjugal Partnership Diaz-Doe 2, Plaintiffs, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, PR, INC.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Mfg., Inc.; BMS Severance Plan, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Laboy Blanc on brief for appellants.

Lourdes C. Hernández-Venegas , Ana B. Rosado-Frontanés , and Schuster Aguiló LLP on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

After they were fired from their jobs, appellants Cesar Cruz, Jose Lasanta, and Marcelo Diaz filed suit in federal district court against their former employer, appellee Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing Company ("Bristol-Myers"), and against the severance plan established by Bristol-Myers pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, appellee...

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