Mirabella v. Amalgamated Insurance Fund

Grace Mirabella, who had been a stitcher in the garment industry, applied for retirement benefits from the Amalgamated Insurance Fund (Fund) and was denied them for failure to meet eligibility criteria. From that denial, *635Mirabella sought relief. A judge sitting without a jury found that Mirabella had met the eligibility requirements of the Fund and judgment entered imposing joint and several liability on the Fund and the codefendant, Robert Lawrence Company, Inc., to pay benefits to Mirabella at the rate of $63.75 per month, retroactive to September 1, 1972, and for the remainder of her life.…