Meehan v. Laborers Pension Fund

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

I. Background

Thomas Meehan filed a two-count complaint on July 5,1975 charging that, despite his compliance with all the prerequisites of entitlement to pension benefits as set out in the regulations of the Laborers Pension Fund, the fund rejected his claim for a normal pension. The fund’s decision, which plaintiff appealed under the fund’s internal appeal procedures and which was affirmed, was based on the finding that Meehan, although a member of Local 4, had been employed by the Standard Oil Company from 1937 through 1960 and the American Oil Company…