DeRogatis v. Bd. of Trs. of the Welfare Fund of the Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs Local 15, 15A, 15C & 15D, AFLCIO (In re DeRogatis)

Susan L. Carney, Circuit Judge:

*178Plaintiff Emily DeRogatis's husband, Frank DeRogatis, a long-time operator of heavy machinery on construction sites and a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers "Local 15" in New York City, succumbed to lung cancer in September 2011 at the age of 61. These tandem cases, in which his widow Emily asserts claims for relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq ., against multiemployer benefit plans, arise from events that occurred in the months preceding Frank's untimely death, when the couple was…