Plaintiffs Fail To Support Claims For Age Bias, ERISA Violations, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (May 5, 2020, 10:49 AM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee federal judge on May 1 dismissed a second amended complaint filed by individual employees and their union against a gas company for allegedly eliminating their sick time banked under previous collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) and for age bias in violation of Tennessee law after determining that the plaintiffs failed to establish a basis for successor liability (Darrell Pridy, et al. v. Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc., et al., No. 19-468, M.D. Tenn., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77147)....