Richards v. United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds

MERHIGE, Senior District Judge:

The Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds (“Funds”) appeal from the district court’s order granting Homer Richards’ (“Richards”) and Anna Mae Richards’ motion for summary judgment and awarding disability pension benefits. We find that the Trustees’ decision that Richards’ disability did not result from a mine accident is supported by substantial evidence.

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On January 31, 1981, Richards was admitted to the St. John Medical Center in Steubenville, Ohio, suffering from an acute anterior lateral wall myocardial infarction (heart…