Legal Opinion
Janeiro v. Urological Surgery Professional Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 2006No. 05-2150, 05-2208PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This is a case arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. After a bench trial, plaintiff John J. Janeiro, Jr. was awarded $195,036 in benefits, a sum that the district court held had been wrongfully withheld from him by two retirement plans. The plans were administered by the Urological Surgery Professional Association (USPA), and their primary trustee was Edward A. Chibaro, Janeiro’s former business partner.
On appeal, the main issue is what standard of review the district court should have applied to the benefits…
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