Legal Opinion
Swanson v. U.A. Local 13 Pension Plan
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 12, 1991No. Civ. 90-1308LPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, District Judge.
This is an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., and § 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 186. Defendants have moved in the alternative to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), or for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56.
Background
The facts as viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, the non-moving party, are as follows. Oscar J. Swanson (“Swanson”) was born in 1917, and has been a pipefitter and welder for some…
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