Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit July 30, 1998, 97-6643 (William O’Neal WHITT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHERMAN INT’L CORP., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees)

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises issues involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and state contract and tort law. Upon termination of his employment with defendant-appellees Sherman International Corporation and Constar, Inc. (collectively, “Sherman”), plaintiff-appellant William O’Neal "Whitt, Jr.