Goncalves v. NMU Pension Trust

OPINION

This case concerns the calculation of a retired employee’s benefits under a pension plan governed by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The plaintiff, Domingo Goncalves, appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, NMU Pension Trust. The plaintiff contends that a Superior Court motion justice erred in granting summary judgment because the issue of whether the plan’s trustees reasonably interpreted the pension plan presented a disputed question of material fact. Because Goncalves’s action fell under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), state…