Legal Opinion
Germany v. Operating Engineers Trust Fund
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 9, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-1797(GHR)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
REVERCOMB, District Judge.
This is an action to recover benefits allegedly due and to clarify rights to future benefits from a health plan, pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Before the Court are the cross-motions for summary judgment of plaintiff James A. Germany, and defendant Operating Engineers Trust Fund of Washington, D.C. (“the Fund”), a self-insured employee benefit plan established under 29 U.S.C. § 1102 of ERISA. Counsel for the parties have been heard in oral argument. For the reasons set forth below,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Daniel Kunin v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Ronald Fink v. National Savings and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Hugh Edwards v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
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