Parsons v. Granite City Steel Co.

SCHEINEMAN, PJ.

The plaintiff filed a suit for Declaratory Judgment as to his rights against the defendant under a pension plan, which existed pursuant to a contract between the defendant company and the United Steelworkers, the bargaining agent for the company’s employees.

The facts were submitted to the court by stipulation, and the court found a certain provision in the pension plan was void on the ground it was in violation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Judgment was entered against the company, and this appeal followed.

The plaintiff had been an employee of defendant for a number of…