Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund v. Jones

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CONTI, District Judge.

Plaintiff Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) brings this action seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the defendants’ rights to post-death benefits under a private pension plan.

Earl H. Jones (“Earl”) was a participant in the Trust Fund’s pension plan. Earl died on March 11, 1985. Shortly thereafter, defendants asserted competing claims as Earl’s “surviving spouse” for death and survivor benefits. Defendant Bessie Louise Jones (“Bessie”) married Earl on November 4,1960. On January 27, 1972, Bessie…