Legal Opinion
Pinkie A. Brown v. Retirement Committee of the Briggs & Stratton Retirement Plan, and Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1986No. 85-2172PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Pinkie Brown, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants in her action pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) to recover disability benefits under the Briggs & Stratton Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), which is governed by the provisions of the Employee Retirement and Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. Plaintiff contends that a dispute of material fact exists, that the Retirement Committee which administers the Plan (the “Retirement Committee” or “Committee”) applied an incorrect standard of…
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