Legal Opinion
Ralph J. Dellacava v. Painters Pension Fund of Westchester and Putnam Counties
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 10, 1988No. 826, Docket 87-7978PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Ralph Dellacava, a union painter for nearly fifty years, discovered on his retirement in 1984 that, according to the trustees of the union pension fund, he had sustained a break in service in 1969, reducing his pension benefit from $568 to $155 per month. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles L. Brieant, Chief Judge, granted summary judgment against Dellacava, finding that he had not worked the requisite thirty-five days in 1969 to avoid a break in service or, alternatively, that even if he had, he could not satisfy the pension…
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