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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
DELSIE E. BROOKENS, Plaintiff, Case No. 07-387 vs. Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Plan Administrator, and GM HOURLY-RATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN, an employee pension benefit plan, Defendants.
DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
David M. Davis (MI Bar No. 24006) Hardy, Lewis & Page, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Ste. 400 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 Telephone: (248) 645-0800 Telecopier: (248) 645-2602
Margaret F. England (Del. Bar No. 4248) Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC 300 Delaware Avenue, Ste. 1210 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 425-0430 Telecopier: (302) 425-0432 Attorneys for Defendants
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE DELSIE E. BROOKENS, Plaintiff, Case No. 07-387 vs. Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Plan Administrator, and GM HOURLY-RATE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN, an employee pension benefit plan, Defendants. / DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT NOW COME the Defendants General Motors Corporation and the General Motors Hourly Rate Employees Pension Plan ("Defendants"), by and through their Attorneys David M. Davis of the law firm of Hardy, Lewis & Page, P.C. and Margaret England of the law firm Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, and pursuant to F.R.C.P. 56, moves for summary judgment with respect to Plaintiff's claims in the above action. In support of this Motion, Defendants state as follows: 1. On June 18, 2007, Plaintiff filed this action seeking the payment of interest with
respect to surviving spouse benefits that were paid to her in a lump sum in October, 2004, which represented surviving spouse benefits payable under the General Motors Hourly Rate Employees Pension Plan ("GM Pension Plan") during the period from March 1, 1992 through August, 2004. 2. The GM Pension Plan does not provide for the payment of interest. Further, the
delay in paying Plaintiff the surviving spouse benefits was not due to any error or improper determination by General Motors, the Administrator of the GM Pension Plan.
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3.
Rather, General Motors, although not obligated to do so, honored a domestic
relations order entered subsequent to the death of David Brookens, Plaintiff's former husband, which purported to award surviving spouse benefits to Plaintiff. 4. Plaintiff is not entitled to interest with respect to this delayed payment because (1)
the GM Pension Plan does not provide for interest, and (2) General Motors was not at fault and did nothing improper which caused the delay of these payments. 5. Further, Plaintiff's claims can not be maintained because she failed to exhaust
available administrative appeal procedures as required under federal law, despite being advised to do so. WHEREFORE the Defendants respectfully contend that their Motion for Summary Judgment should be granted, that Plaintiff's Complaint should be dismissed with prejudice, that Plaintiff take nothing by the filing of her Complaint, and for such other and further relief as appropriate. Respectfully submitted, s/ David M. Davis David M. Davis Attorney for Defendants Hardy, Lewis & Page, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Ste. 400 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 E-mail: [email protected]
Dated: March 31, 2008
s/ Margaret F. England Margaret F. England (Bar No. 4248) Local Counsel for Defendants Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC 300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1210 Wilmington, DE 19801 E-mail: [email protected]
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Margaret F. England, certify that on March 31, 2008, I caused a copy of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment to be served in the manner indicated on: John M. Stull, Esquire Three Mill Road P.O. Box 1947 Wilmington, DE 19899 By U.S. Mail
/s/ Margaret F. England Margaret F. England (No. 4248)
U0009857
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