MECKES v. CINA


75 A.D.2d 470 (1980)

Mark R. Meckes, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. Charles Cina, as Administrator of Local 55 UAW Area Wide Retirement Income Fund, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

July 10, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James (Stuart Pohl of counsel), for appellants.

Tenney, Smith & Scott (James M. De Voy of counsel), for respondent.

CARDAMONE, J. P., SIMONS, SCHNEPP and DOERR, JJ., concur.


MOULE, J.

The issue on this appeal is the correct standard for the courts to apply in interpreting terms of a private pension plan which have been construed by the plan's trustees.

In December, 1968 various employers entered into an agreement with Amalgamated Local Union 55 of the UAW (union) establishing a pension fund for the benefit of employees of the union. By the terms of the agreement, employers...

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