Law360, New York (November 04, 2009) -- Massachusetts' highest court held Wednesday that Hitachi High Technologies America Inc.’s suit seeking to recover retirement benefits it accidentally overpaid to a former employee plus interest was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of Hitachi’s unjust enrichment action, concluding that allowing the case to go forward could lead to inconsistent regulation relating to...
