Pennsylvania Federal Judge Allows Class Action Against Wawa To Proceed

Mealey's (October 11, 2016, 9:44 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 6 denied most parts of a motion to dismiss a class action complaint accusing a man’s former employer, Wawa Inc., of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when it forced him and other terminated employees to sell their stock in the company because Wawa’s reservation of a right to amend the plan “at any time” did not necessarily give it the authority to reduce the plaintiffs’ benefits (Greg Pfeifer v. Wawa, Inc., et al., No. 16-497, E.D. Pa.)....