Vanegas v. Board of the Trustees of the Health & Welfare Fund

OPINION

J. FREDERICK MOTZ, District Judge.

On January 9, 2007, plaintiff Juan Vane-gas brought suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., challenging the denial of medical benefits by defendants Board of Trustees of the Health and Welfare Fund for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 99 and 99A (the “Fund”) and Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. t/a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (“Care-First”). 1 On November 20, 2007, I granted the Fund’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the Fund had not abused its…