Lambert v. Mail Handlers Benefit Plan

Robert Lambert appeals from a summary judgment for the defendants in this fraud case.

The facts of the case as outlined in the record, the briefs, and the trial court order indicate the following. Before 1981, Robert Lambert, a Federal employee, chose to be insured under a contract with the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan ("MHBP"), one of a number of insurance plans available to Federal employees. In 1981 Lambert became disabled because of a work-related accident, and he retired in that year under the terms of the Civil Service Retirement Act. A Federal employee who retires under this Act because…