Hutchins
Hutchins v. HP Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 PAUL HUTCHINS, Case No. 5:23-cv-05875-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S FIRST
AMENDED CLASS ACTION
HP INC., et al., COMPLAINT Defendants. [Re: ECF No. 59]
13 This is Defendant HP Inc.’s (“HP”) second effort to dismiss this putative class action regarding certain of its obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Plaintiff Paul Hutchins (“Plaintiff” or “Hutchins”) alleges that HP breached its fiduciary duties and engaged in self-dealing in violation of ERISA when it decided to use 401(k) Plan “forfeitures” to reduce employer contributions rather than to pay administrative costs. ECF No. 56 (“FAC”) ¶¶ 2–3. Following the Court’s grant of HP’s first motion to dismiss, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Class Action Complaint and HP moved once again for dismissal. ECF No. 59 (“Mot.”). Plaintiff…