Legal Opinion
Tiger v. AT & T Technologies Plan for Employees' Pensions, Disability Benefits
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 18, 1986No. 84 CV 4863PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This is an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (1976). Plaintiff seeks damages arising out of the denial of his claim for disability benefits allegedly owing him under the terms of the defendant employee benefit plan (“the Plan”). Defendants move for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff failed to exhaust his. available administrative remedies as required by the Plan. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.
Facts
From January 1957 until September 1979,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Schering Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Home Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Harry L. DILLMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- James F. Jenkins v. Local 705 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Taylor v. Bakery & Confectionary Union & Industry International Welfare FundDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1978
- Ridens v. Voluntary Separation ProgramDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Cheryl Chapman v. Choicecare Long Island Term Disability PlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Cecil White v. Jacobs Engineering Group Long Term Disability Benefit PlanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Dunnigan v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Barnett v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Del Greco v. CVS Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2004
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