Lester v. United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Fund

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GOODWIN, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are cross-motions for summary judgment. Both parties argue that they are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because no genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the defendants, trustees of the United Mine Workers of America’s (UMWA) 1974 Pension Plan (Pension Plan), abused their discretion in denying the plaintiff, Robert Lester, disability benefits under the Pension Plan. The plaintiff suffered a cervical sprain resulting from mine accidents in 1986 and 1987. In 1997, the Social Security…