WILLIAMS v. CENTERRA GROUP, LLC

Case No. 1:20-cv-04220-SAL.

579 F.Supp.3d 778 (2022)

Shawn WILLIAMS, David Green, Jamie Coomes, Malcum Kenner, and Andrew Barrett, individually and as representatives of a class of participants and beneficiaries on behalf of the Centerra Group, LLC 401(k) Plan (nka the Constellis 401(k) Plan), Plaintiffs, v. CENTERRA GROUP, LLC; The Benefit Plan Committee of the Centerra Investment Group, LLC; The Investment Committee of the Centerra Group, LLC; Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc. (nka Aon Investments USA, Inc.); Paul P. Donahue; Deborah F. Ricci; Marcia Aldrich; and John Does 1-10, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Aiken Division.

Signed January 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth B. Richardson, Robinson Gray Stepp and Laffitte LLC, Columbia, SC, Heather Lea, Pro Hac Vice, Scott A. Bumb, Pro Hac Vice, Sean E. Soyars, Pro Hac Vice, Troy A. Doles, Pro Hac Vice, Kurt Charles Struckhoff, Pro Hac Vice, Nathan H. Emmons, Pro Hac Vice, Schlichter Bogard and Denton LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs.

Cashida Okeke, John Sulau, Jackson Lewis PC, Greenville, SC, Charles F. Seemann, III, Pro Hac Vice, Katelyn W. Harrell, Pro Hac Vice, Rene E. Thorne, Pro Hac Vice, Jackson Lewis PC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants Centerra Group, LLC, Benefit Plan Committee of the Centerra Group, LLC, The, Investment Committee of the Centerra Group, LLC, The.

Alexandra Blair Breazeale, James Lynn Werner, John G. Tamasitis, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, Columbia, SC, Lawrence Michael Hershon, The Hershon Law Firm PA, Charleston, SC, William D. Pollak, Pro Hac Vice, O'Melveny and Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.

Cashida Okeke, John Sulau, Jackson Lewis PC, Greenville, SC, Katelyn W. Harrell, Pro Hac Vice, Jackson Lewis PC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants Paul P. Donahue, Marcia Aldrich.

Amy LB Hill, John T. Lay, Gallivan White and Boyd, Columbia, SC, Aviva Grumet-Morris, Pro Hac Vice, Winston and Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Jennifer E. Johnsen, Gallivan White and Boyd, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Deborah F. Ricci.


OPINION & ORDER

This matter is before the court on the Centerra Defendants' motion to strike Plaintiffs' demand for a jury trial pursuant to Rule 39(a)(2) (the "Motion"). [ECF No. 55.] Defendant AHIC joins in the Centerra Defendants' Motion. [ECF No. 56.] For the reasons outlined below...

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