Legal Opinion
Joseph R. Palino v. Edwin T. Casey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 23, 1981No. 81-1310PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Following a restrictive change in the eligibility rules of an employee “health and welfare” fund, appellants were not allowed to renew a medical insurance policy which they had previously bought from the fund. They did not secure other insurance when their coverage under the fund expired. They thus had to pay personally for the medical costs associated with the birth of their child several months later. To recover those costs, they brought this action against the fund’s trustees. They claim that the trustees failed to give them adequate notice of the eligibility…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- John Kosty v. John L. Lewis, Trustees, United Mine Workers of America Welfare Andretirement Fund of 1950Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Mike Gaydosh, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Mike Gaydosh v. John L. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Aitken v. IP & GCU-Employer Retirement FundCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Agro v. Joint Plumbing Industry BoardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Local Union No. 5 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. Mahoning and Trumbull County Building Trades Welfare FundCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Joan C. Burnham, Etc. v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- George Wolfe v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Struble v. New Jersey Brewery Employees' Welfare Trust FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- George L. Govoni v. Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America, Local No. 5 Pension Fund and Plymouth-Home National BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Donald Bachelder v. Communications Satellite CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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