Legal Opinion
Leonard Forys and Janet Forys v. United Food and Commercial Worker's International Union, Afl-Cio, and Clc
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 13, 1987No. 86-2392PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether United Food and Commercial Worker’s International Union, AFL-CIO and CLC (Union) is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), § 3(21), 29 U.S.C. § 1002(21). The appellants, Leonard Forys and Janet Forys, alleged in their amended complaint that the Union violated its discretionary responsibilities in representing the appellants’ interests in recovering benefits from their employer’s, Swift Independent Packing Company (Swift), health plan. The district court granted the Union’s motion to…
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