Legal Opinion
Blessing v. Deere & Co.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided August 1, 1997No. Civil 4-96-CV-20490PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREMER, Chief United States Magistrate Judge.
The Court has before it Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Clerk’s No. 10). Plaintiff, J. Eydie Blessing (Blessing), claims she was denied spousal benefits from her deceased common-law husband, Walter Taylor’s (Taylor), pension plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1996). Defendant, Deere & Company, d/b/a The John Deere Pension Plan (Deere), moves for summary judgment on the basis that the administrator’s denial of Blessing’s claim was not an abuse of discretion.…
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