Bass v. TRW Employee Welfare Benefits Trust

In this ERISA action. Larry Bass appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the plan administrator respecting the discontinuation of his long-term disability benefits. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Bass injured his back while on the job at the TRW manufacturing facility in Rogers-ville, Tennessee. After suffering his injury. Bass applied for long-term disability benefits from the TRW Employee Welfare Benefits Trust (the “Trust”), an ERISA plan (the “Plan”) funded and administered by his employer, TRW, Inc. The long-term disability provision of the Plan provided a two-part…