Legal Opinion
Blessing v. Deere & Co.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided November 4, 1997No. 4:96-cv-20490PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON SUPPLEMENTED RECORD OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BREMER, Chief United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff, J. Eydie Blessing (Blessing), asserts a claim pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., challenging the denial of spousal benefits under the pension plan of her alleged common-law husband, Walter Taylor, who is deceased. This matter is fully submitted on Defendant’s resisted Motion for Summary Judgment.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
This Court denied Defendant Deere & Company’s, d/b/a The John Deere Pension Plan…
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