Legal Opinion

David Davidian Audrey R. Davidian v. Southern California Meat Cutters Union and Food Employees Benefit Fund

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 18, 1988No. 87-5790PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Davidian is a beneficiary of defendant Employees Benefit Fund. He seeks recovery of certain benefits denied him, claiming a Fund employee misled him as to the limitations of a health insurance plan. We affirm summary judgment for the Fund.

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Davidian was preparing to retire. The Fund gave him the option of continuing to participate and a choice of three benefits programs. A Fund employee allegedly de scribed the third benefit program as paying “approximately 80%” of major medical expenses, and as similar to Davidian’s prior coverage, but did not…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  4. Leroy Ellenburg, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee. v. Brockway, Inc. & Spellman Cunningham, Defendants-Appellees/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. Rosen v. Hotel And Restaurant Employees & Bartenders Union Of Phila.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by63 opinions

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  3. Gabriel v. Alaska Electrical Pension FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  4. Yvonne Moran v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  5. Dale A. Crull and Theresa M. Crull, Husband and Wife v. Gem Insurance Company, a Utah CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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