Legal Opinion
Luby v. Teamsters Health, Welfare, & Pension Trust Funds
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 1991No. Nos. 90-1900, 90-1912PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge:
In this Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 action the threshold issue on appeal is the proper standard and scope of review to be exercised by the district court over a fact based beneficiary determination made by a Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund Administrator. The district court exercised de novo review, awarded the retirement Fund death benefits to the decedent’s wife and directed restitution of the benefit payment to the Fund be made by the unqualified payee.
We decide that the de novo standard of review mandated by Firestone Tire and…
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