Legal Opinion
Cerentano v. Umwa Health & Retirement Funds
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 22, 2013No. 13-2037PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
From 1978 to 2000, Tony Cerentano worked as a coal miner. He was injured in fifteen mining incidents and received six separate awards of permanent partial disability, but he was able to return to work after each injury. In 2005, Cerentano’s car was rear-ended, resulting in more injuries. After this accident, Cerentano sought and was awarded Social Security disability benefits. He then applied for disability pension benefits under the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust Plan. The plan’s trustees denied Cerentano’s application for benefits, concluding there…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Gaynell Boyd v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement FundsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Williams v. Aetna Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Donald Tompkins v. Central Laborers' Pension FunCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
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