Legal Opinion
Pagan v. NYNEX Pension Plan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 4, 1994No. 93 Civ 1336 (VLB)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.
I
The primary issue presented by this ERISA pension case brought pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1002 et seq. is whether or not state workers’ compensation or Social Security benefit decisions can trigger otherwise unauthorized liability of a private pension plan to pay disability pension benefits. Plaintiff seeks a determination that a pension is due where part of the required 52 weeks of disability payments was only paid because of a state workers’ compensation order contrary to the plan’s findings.
The case also raises questions of the adequacy of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Francisco L. Borges, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Ervin B. Madden v. Itt Long Term Disability Plan for Salaried Employees Federal Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Derek J. Smith v. Dunham-Bush, Inc., and the Robins Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Maurice Kunstenaar v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., and Halcon S.D. Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Phillip G. Anderson v. Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association Local No. 12 Pension and Welfare PlansCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gloria Pagan v. Nynex Pension Plan and Nynex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Dennis Paese v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Billinger v. Bell AtlanticDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Kocsis v. Standard InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2001
- Suarato v. Building Services 32BJ Pension FundDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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