Andrea Depaoli v. W. A. Boyle

This is another in a series of cases involving disappointed pension' claimants of the Welfare and Retirement Fund, United Mine Workers of America. The pension applicant and appellant here alleges he has spent 41 years in the coal industry, and in his application for pension filed with the trustees he set forth details regarding his last 29 years of such employment. The trustees denied his application on the ground that “applicant has not established proof of employment as an employee for one full year for an operator signatory to a National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement immediately prior to…