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- Title: Grossmuller v. International Union
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Release Date : January 02, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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This appeal from a district court order restoring plaintiffs entitlement to disability benefits under his former employers pension plan requires consideration of three issues. First, did the pension plans claims procedure comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1133 (ERISA)? Second, was it an abuse of discretion to award to the plaintiff benefits retroactive to the date of his termination from the plans coverage? Third, was it an abuse of discretion to enjoin the pension plan from undertaking any prospective termination of plaintiffs benefits without adoption by the plan, and approval by the district court, of a claims procedure consonant with ERISA? We hold that the district court correctly concluded that the pension plans claims procedure failed to satisfy ERISA requirements and properly awarded the plaintiff retroactive benefits. We also hold that the wording of the injunction prohibiting prospective termination of the plaintiffs benefits was ambiguous. Accordingly, the order of the district court will be affirmed in part and reversed in part and the matter will be remanded to that court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.