Legal Opinion
Hensley v. Northwest Permanente P.C. Retirement Plan & Trust
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 2, 2001No. Nos. 99-35936, 99-35962PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge GREENBERG; Concurrence by Judge RAWLINSON.
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge:
This matter comes on before this court on the appeal by Northwest Permanente P.C. (“NWP”) and the related defendants from the district court’s order for summary judgment reflecting its decision that NWP, as administrator for two pension plans, abused its discretion in interpreting the term “employee” in determining that the plaintiffs, a group of nurse practitioners and physician assistants employed by the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (the “Kaiser Health Plan”), an affiliate of NWP, were not eligible for…
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