Legal Opinion
Sturgis v. Seafarers International Union
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 15, 1993No. Civ. A. No. 2:92cv1298Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MORGAN, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ combined motions for summary judgment and to strike Plaintiffs jury trial demand and punitive damages claim. Plaintiff, a member of Defendant Seafarers International Union (“SIU”) and plan member of the Seafarers Pension Plan (“SPP”), brought this action to compel the SPP trustees to award him an increase in his benefits.
I. BACKGROUND
The SPP is a pension trust administered . by trustees appointed by the SIU and employers who are parties to the collective bargaining agreement under which SIU members are…
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