Legal Opinion
Eisenrich v. Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters & Food Handlers Pension Plan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2009No. 08-2230PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
After retiring from his job as a meat cutter, Thomas Eisenrich began receiving monthly benefits from the Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Plan (“Plan”). When Eisenrich later began to work as an independent distributor for a baked goods company, however, the Plan stopped paying his monthly benefits, asserting that his new employment made him ineligible. Eisenrich brought suit against the Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seg., alleging that his benefits were wrongfully suspended. The…
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