Legal Opinion
Wolf, Dorothy, G. v. National Shopmen Pension Fund Shopmen's Local 548 Gehringer, Richard H. Appeal of National Shopmen Pension Fund
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 24, 1984No. 83-1033PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case involves the National Shopmen Pension Fund’s appeal of a district court order granting the plaintiff Dorothy G. Wolf’s claim to pension benefits as the designated beneficiary of her deceased husband. This claim was denied by the Trustees of the Pension Fund. Because we believe that the Pension Fund’s denial was arbitrary and capricious, we will affirm the district court order granting those benefits.
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Plaintiff’s deceased husband, William G. Wolf, was employed by Lehigh Structural Steel Company (“the Company”) for over 40…
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