Elton D. Marsh v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., and Western Greyhound Pension Trust, Defendants,h Western Greyhound Pension Trust

BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellee filed this diversity action claiming -disability retirement benefits from appellant Pension Trust. The Trust provides various long term security benefits for employees of Greyhound Lines, Inc., and is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting equally of union and employer representatives. Appellee sought benefits under a provision allowing payments whenever an eligible employee becomes permanently physically disqualified from his particular job. 1

For 22 years prior to March, 1968 ap-pellee had been a bus driver for Greyhound. At that time he was in an accident…