Legal Opinion
Caylos Johnson v. Eaton Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1992No. 91-2146PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Caylos Johnson appeals from the summary judgment granted to his former employer, Eaton Corporation, in his dispute over Eaton’s offsetting Johnson’s disability pension benefits by the workers’ compensation benefits he receives. We conclude that the decision to make such offset is subject to review under the “arbitrary and capricious” standard and survives scrutiny under that test.
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The facts are undisputed. Johnson was employed by Eaton for 20 years and was a participant in Eaton’s pension plan. He retired from Eaton in December 1982 due to his disabling…
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