Kurisu
Kurisu v. Svenhard Swedish Bakery Supplemental Key Management Retirement Plan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KERRY KURISU, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06409-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING BAKERY
v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
SVENHARD SWEDISH BAKERY Docket No.
SUPPLEMENTAL KEY MANAGEMENT
RETIREMENT PLAN, et al.,
Defendants.
13 14 Plaintiffs are Kerry Kurisu, Douglas Prola, and Bill Pruitt. Each worked for Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery (“Swedish Bakery”) for more than 30 years. They have filed suit because they were promised pension benefits pursuant to the Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery Supplemental Key Management Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) but they have not been paid those promised benefits, at least not in full. Plaintiffs have sued the following defendants: • The Plan; • Ronny Svenhard, David Kunkel, James Kohles, and Michelle Barnett, each of whom was allegedly a plan administrator and/or fiduciary of the Plan; and • the Bakery Defendants (United States Bakery, Mountain States…