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BOYD v. TR. OF UNITED MINE WKRS. HEALTH & RET. F.

No. 88-2558.

873 F.2d 57 (1989)

Gaynell BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS HEALTH & RETIREMENT FUNDS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michel Lamie (Browning, Morefield, Lamie & Sharp, P.C., on brief) for plaintiff-appellant.

Janet F. Alberghini (Andree M. St. Martin, Associate Gen. Counsel, UMWA Health and Retirement Funds, on brief) for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and TILLEY, United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Gaynell Boyd appeals from the district court's affirmance of a decision by the Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds (Trustees) denying her eligibility for disability pension benefits under the Mine Workers' Pension Plan. We find that the Trustees' decision was an abuse of discretion and reverse.

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Boyd is a former coal miner who worked in the industry from...

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