FindLaw.com's description: 'ERISA trumps a plan's break-in-service provision that limits the accrual of benefits arising from pre-ERISA employment. The district court acted well within its discretion in denying class-wide relief and it correctly calculated statutory penalties, but miscalculated photocopying expenses. [McDonald v. Pension Plan of the NYSA-ILA Pension Trust Fund, No. 01-9226, 01-9316 (2d Cir. Feb. 10, 2003)]  MORE >>