Kapp v. Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Inc.-Pension Fund
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Scirica, Ambro, Vanaskie
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- New Jersey
- Circuit
- Third Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the defendants (pension fund and trustees), holding that Kapp's ERISA claim to recover denied pension benefits was barred by the statute of limitations. The court applied New Jersey's six-year contract limitations period and found that the claim accrued upon clear repudiation of benefits in the February 24, 1999 denial letter, making the 2009 filing untimely.
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