KARR v. NATIONAL ASBESTOS WORKERS PENSION FUND

No. 97-4129.

150 F.3d 812 (1998)

William E. KARR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL ASBESTOS WORKERS PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Racop (argued), Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sally M. Tedrow (argued), John Leary, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant — the National Asbestos Pension Fund, a multiemployer pension fund administered by employers of and unions representing asbestos and other insulation workers — in this suit under ERISA for pension benefits by an alleged beneficiary of one of the fund's pensioners. James Emge retired in 1990 and received a pension application form from the fund. The form gave him a choice...

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