Legal Opinion

Williams v. Board of Trustees of the International Longshoremen's Ass'n

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided September 15, 2005No. 03-21082-CIVPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

JORDAN, District Judge.

The question in this case, brought under the civil enforcement provision of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), is whether Lila Williams, the former wife of Elijah Williams, Jr. is entitled, under the Employers Pension Fund (the “Pension Fund” or “Plan”) of the International Longshoremen’s Association (the “ILA”), to receive a monthly single death benefit of $2,695.00 for the five-year period from August 23, 2002, to August 22, 2007, in addition to her normal QDRO (“Qualified Domestic Relations Order”) monthly benefit of $755.00. As…

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Gary A. Levinson v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
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