Legal Opinion
Murphy R. Godwin v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 31, 1992No. 91-1368PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Murphy R. Godwin alleges that Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (“Sun Life”) violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) 1 by (a) failing to provide plan information that Godwin had requested; (b) illegally offsetting his award under the plan with Social Security old age benefits; and (c) erroneously calculating an offset for workers’ compensation benefits. The district court granted Sun Life’s motion for summary judgment. Godwin appeals, and, finding no error, we affirm.
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Godwin began work for School Pictures, Inc., in 1966. In the…
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