Ombrello v. Montgomery Ward Long Term Disability Trust

Defendants Montgomery Ward Long Term Disability Trust (LTD Trust) and Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc., appeal as of right from a decision of the Marquette Circuit Court awarding plaintiff long-term disability benefits in accordance with an employment trust agreement. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the circuit court’s decision denying plaintiff actual costs following defendants’ rejection of a mediation award.

Plaintiff, who has only an eighth-grade education but has attained his ged certificate, began working for Montgomery Ward in 1963. In June of 1975, plaintiff suffered a neck injury when…