Legal Opinion
Torres v. Bella Vista Hospital, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 25, 2019No. 16-2316PPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
*17 Olga Torres and Pedro Bonilla are former employees of Bella Vista Hospital ("Bella Vista"), a Mayaguez, Puerto Rico-based hospital operated by the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church. In 1982, the hospital created a pension program, advising its employees that the plan was subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 - 1461. ERISA is a federal statute imposing obligations on private employers offering pension plans. See Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton , --- U.S. ----, 137 S.Ct. 1652 , 1656, 198…
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