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BARD v. BOSTON SHIPPING ASSOCIATION

No. 06-1810.

471 F.3d 229 (2006)

PAUL BARD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BOSTON SHIPPING ASSOCIATION; INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION PENSION PLAN, a/k/a BSA-ILA Pension Plan, a/k/a BSA-ILA Trust Fund, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Daidone for appellant.

Geoffrey P. Wermuth for appellees.

Before Torruella, Circuit Judge, Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

This is an unusually complex denial of benefits case that arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. The defendant is a multi-employer pension plan ("BSA-ILA" or "the Plan"), and at issue is a decision by its Board of Trustees ("the Board") to deny disability benefits to a former employee, Paul Bard. The district court upheld this denial. We reverse and order an award of benefits...

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