Legal Opinion
Edward Pritchard, Cross-Appellee v. Rainfair, Inc., Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1991No. 90-1431 and 90-1782PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, Edward Pritchard, filed a one count complaint against his former employer, defendant Rainfair, Inc. alleging that he had been denied pension benefits in violation of ERISA, specifically 29 U.S.C. § 1140. He subsequently amended his complaint to include among those benefits post-retirement medical insurance. The district court granted Rainfair’s motions for summary judgment, but denied its request for attorneys’ fees under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(1) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. This cross-appeal followed.
I. FACTS
In 1956, Rainfair’s Board of Directors approved…
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