Evans v. Laborers' District Council & Contractors' Pension Fund
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Pearson
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- Ohio
- Circuit
- Sixth Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
Court found that the pension fund administrator's denial of benefits was arbitrary and capricious. Plaintiff earned 10 vesting credits in 1969 (not 0.5 as claimed by defendant), entitling him to pension benefits that vested in 1977 and cannot be forfeited.
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