Norman L. Horn v. Julius Mullins John J. O'COnnell Paul R. Dean United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The trustees of the United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds (UMW Trust) appeal from a decision of the district court, 498 F.Supp. 1197, awarding a disability pension to Norman L. Horn. The court granted Horn’s motion for summary judgment, finding that he was disabled as a result of a mining accident and therefore entitled to the pension. We affirm.

The UMW Trust provides that a miner with ten years of credited service who receives a social security award as a result of a mine accident is entitled to a disability pension. 1 At issue in this appeal is the narrow…