Legal Opinion
Melvin v. UA Local 13 Pension Plan
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 7, 2002No. 98-CV-6347PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
SIRAGUSA, District Judge.
Introduction
This is a pension benefit case in which plaintiff 1 sought to have his fourteen years of pre-break service treated the same as his eleven years of post-break service in calculating his pension benefit under the U.A. Local 13 Pension Plan (“Plan”). Five causes of action remain in plaintiffs Amended Complaint. They are as follows:
First cause of action — in which plaintiff seeks enforcement of the plain meaning of § 3.3 of the Plan, reinstating his prior years of service for the purpose of calculating the benefits due to him;
Second cause of…
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