Phillips v. Maritime Ass'n—I.L.A. Local Pension Plan

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

Before the court are Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and Plaintiffs’ cross-motion for partial summary judgment, and the court having reviewed the motions and responses on file, is of the opinion that partial Plaintiffs’ summary judgment be GRANTED, and that Defendants’ motion for summary judgment be DENIED, in accordance with this memorandum.

I. Introduction

This case involves the question of an ERISA plan’s ability to recoup benefit overpayments by drastically reducing monthly payments, when the overpay-ments were the result of a breach of…