Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Truck Drivers' Union Local 42 Health & Welfare Fund
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 7, 1996No. Civil Action 92-10242-PBSPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Although he had always paid his health care premiums, plaintiff, Kenneth Jackson, Jr., a beneficiary of the Truck Drivers’ Union Local 42 Health and Welfare Fund (“Local 42 Fund”), was denied medical benefits for' a kidney transplant, renal dialysis, and related dental expenses, when the Local 42 Fund was terminated without satisfying its outstanding obligations.
As a result, Jackson brought the present action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. against the Local 42 Fund; its…
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