Legal Opinion
Irene Sahulka v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 13, 2000No. 99-1745PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out a suit brought by Irene Sahulka against Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Lucent), pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, alleging that Lucent wrongfully refused to pay the plaintiff discretionary death benefits under the AT & T 1 Pension Plan (Plan) following the death of her husband. Mrs. Sahulka appeals the district court’s 2 grant of summary judgment to Lucent and the court’s exclusion of certain evidence submitted by the appellant. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
The appellant’s…
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