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Case Name
Donaldson v. Pharmacia Pension Plan
EE-IL-0286
Docket / Court
3:06-cv-00003 ( S.D. Ill. )
State/Territory
Illinois
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
Private Employment Class Actions
Case Summary
On January 3, 2006, a group of former employees filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§1001-1461 ("ERISA"), against Pharmacia Pension Plan, Pfizer Inc. and Monsanto Company in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The ...
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On January 3, 2006, a group of former employees filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§1001-1461 ("ERISA"), against Pharmacia Pension Plan, Pfizer Inc. and Monsanto Company in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for injunctive and equitable relief alleging that the defendants were unlawfully miscalculating pension benefits. On January 1, 1997, Monsanto converted its employees' pension plans from conventional benefit plans taking a specified percentage of a participant's salary to cash balance plans where the benefit is based upon a hypothetical account balance. Monsanto later split into two and plaintiffs alleged that after the conversion of their plans and split of the company they were no longer receiving the benefits they should have been receiving.
On May 10, 2006 the district court (Judge G. Patrick Murphy) denied plaintiff's motion to appoint plaintiff's counsel as interim class counsel. On June 14, 2006 the court (Judge Murphy) denied the defendants' motion to dismiss. A number of other cases with the same essential complaints and issues had been filed between 2004 and 2006 and on September 1, 2006 the case was consolidated with others under the lead case Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan. Subsequent developments can be found under that case in the collection.
Michael Perry - 08/30/2010
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Discrimination-area
Pay / Benefits
Discrimination-basis
Age discrimination
General
Disparate Treatment
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Monsanto Company
Pfizer Inc.
Pharmacia Corporation
Plaintiff Description
Participants in the Monsanto Co. Pension Plan.
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
Damages
Source of Relief
Litigation
Filing Year
2006
Case Closing Year
2009
Case Ongoing
No
Related Cases
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Case Listing
EE-IL-0321
: Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan (S.D. Ill.)
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Docket(s)
3:06−cv−00003
(S.D. Ill.)
EE-IL-0286-9000.pdf
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Detail
Date: 09/29/2009
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
Order (Denying interim class counsel status)
(2006 WL 1308582) (S.D. Ill.)
EE-IL-0286-0005.pdf
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WESTLAW
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Detail
Date: 05/10/2006
Source: Westlaw
Memorandum and Order (Denying defendants' motion to dismiss)
(435 F.Supp.2d 853) (S.D. Ill.)
EE-IL-0286-0004.pdf
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LEXIS
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Detail
Date: 06/14/2006
Source: Google Scholar
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 47]
EE-IL-0286-0001.pdf
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Detail
Date: 07/07/2006
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
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Judges
Frazier, Philip M.
(S.D. Ill.)
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Gilbert, John Phil
(S.D. Ill.)
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Herndon, David R.
(S.D. Ill.)
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Murphy, G. Patrick
(S.D. Ill.)
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EE-IL-0286-0004 | EE-IL-0286-0005 | EE-IL-0286-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Armstrong, Matthew H.
(Missouri)
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EE-IL-0286-0001 | EE-IL-0286-9000
Cueto, Christopher F.
(Illinois)
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Schlichter, Jerome J.
(Missouri)
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Defendant's Lawyers
Blocker, Mark Bruce
(Illinois)
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Cohen, Carol Connor
(District of Columbia)
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Conlon, William F.
(Illinois)
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Kelly, Erin E.
(Illinois)
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Meyer, Chris K.
(Illinois)
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Nester, Michael J.
(Illinois)
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Rea, Anne E.
(Illinois)
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Ryan, Priscilla E.
(Illinois)
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Sallerson, Dawn A.
(Illinois)
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Sandrock, Ryan M.
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Wyland, Neil H.
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