Legal Opinion
Cornett v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 10, 1996No. Civil Action No. 95-0104-APublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.
Plaintiff Clyde Cornett (“Cornett”) filed this action challenging the final decision of the Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan (“Plan”) denying his claim for disability pension benefits. This court has jurisdiction over the Trustees’ decision pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), specifically 29 U.S.C. § 1132(e).
II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY.
Cornett applied to the Trustees for a disability pension and claimed that he was totally disabled as a result of a “mine…
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