Charles E. Emmenegger, et al. v. Bull Moose Tube Company, et al.

Retaliatory discharge, severance pay and other claims by highly compensated
executives who sued their former employer and its owner for ERISA benefits allegedly due them under a phantom
stock plan. All three plaintiffs claimed that they were discharged in retaliation
for exercising their rights under the plan. They sought benefits under the plan
based on the "redemption value," as opposed to the much-lower "book value," of their phantom
shares; two plaintiff also sought severance pay benefits. Defendants
contended that plaintiffs were terminated for various acts of negligence
and misconduct and therefore were entitled to no more than book value
under the plan.

Judgment in favor of plaintiffs on all counts.

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For more information about this case, see: 13 F.Supp.2d 980 (E.D.Mo. 1998).