Legal Opinion

Cheever v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided June 14, 2002No. CIV.A. 99-11938RGSPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

STEARNS, District Judge.

On September 17, 1999, ten terminated employees of defendant John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (Hancock), brought this complaint against Hancock in its capacity as administrator of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Pension Plan (Plan). 1 Plaintiffs seek to clarify the amount of retirement benefits to which they are entitled under a 1994 amendment to the Plan. The complaint alleges an unlawful denial of benefits under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), a breach of fiduciary duty based on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Luis E. Rodriguez-Abreu v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  2. Doyle v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  3. Recupero v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  4. Doe v. Travelers InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. Gentile v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997

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3Cited by3 opinions

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