Finkel v. Romanowicz

How courts have described this case

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• holding that one’s status as an officer did not make him a ERISA fiduciary because he did not manage 401(k) Plan assets
• holding that in light of a defendant’s default, a court is required to accept all of plaintiff’s factual allegations as true and draw all reasonable inferences in its favor
• holding that in light of a defendant’s default, a court is required to accept all of plaintiff’s factual allegations as true and draw all reasonable inferences in its favor
• concluding that the district court “erred as a matter of law” when it “sua sponte raised an affirmative defense on behalf of [a non-appearing defendant] and 2 erroneously placed a burden on the [plaintiff]”
• noting that an entry of default establishes liability but does not constitute an admission of damages
• noting that an entry of default establishes liability but does not constitute an admission of damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).