ALEXANDER v. TRANE CO.

No. 05-2923.

453 F.3d 1027 (2006)

Danny ALEXANDER, Appellee, v. THE TRANE COMPANY; American Standard, Inc; American Standard Merged Hourly Pension Plan, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Jones, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas, for appellant.

Newton Donald Jenkins, argued, Alma, Arkansas, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Trane Co. (Trane), American Standard, Inc. (American Standard), and the American Standard Merged Hourly Pension Plan (pension plan) appeal the district court's judgment that the pension plan's administrator, the American Standard Pension Board (pension board), abused its discretion in denying Danny Alexander's claim for benefits under his qualified pension plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29...

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