Legal Opinion
Ioane John Opeta v. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2007No. 04-56719PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.
Ioane John Opeta appeals the district court’s judgment that he is not “totally and permanently” disabled, and therefore ineligible for a disability pension benefit under the Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees (the “Plan”), which is administered by Northwest Airlines (“Northwest”) and regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). We must determine whether the district court, in conducting a de novo review of the Plan’s denial of benefits, abused its discretion by admitting evidence extrinsic to the administrative record.…
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