Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Board of Trustees

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 1, 2009No. 07-15532PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Bruce Anderson appeals the district court’s determination, following a bench trial, that the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Board of Trustees (“the Trustees”) did not abuse their discretion in partially denying his claim for disability benefits pursuant to a plan maintained under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). In the past, the Plan specified one way to calculate disability benefits. Before Anderson applied for benefits, the Plan was amended to change the formula for calculating benefits depending on the date the employee…

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