Legal Opinion
Boggs v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 26, 1996No. Civil Action No. 95-0138-BPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.
Plaintiff Timothy J. Boggs (“Boggs”) filed this action challenging the final decision of the Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan (“Plan”) denying his claim for disability pension benefits. This court has jurisdiction over the Trustees decision pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), specifically 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a).
II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY.
Boggs applied to the Trustees for a disability pension and claimed that he was totally disabled as a result of a “mine accident.”…
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