TYSON v. INTERN. BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 710

No. 86-1859.

811 F.2d 1145 (1987)

Robert L. TYSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 710 PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Horwitz, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen Feinberg, Asher, Gittler & Greenfield, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This ERISA suit against a union pension fund seeks benefits under a pension plan. See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). The plaintiff, Robert Tyson, is a former truck driver for Charles Levy & Co. He claims to be entitled to a disability pension under the pension plan established by the collective bargaining agreement between his union (a teamsters local) and Levy. The district court granted summary judgment for the pension fund on the ground...

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