ANDERSON v. SUBURBAN TEAMSTERS NORTH. ILL. PENSION

No. 07-15532.

588 F.3d 641 (2009)

Bruce W. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUBURBAN TEAMSTERS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS PENSION FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, in its capacity as Administrator of the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Plan; Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 1, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea A. Ambrose and Colin B. Vandell, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff/appellant.

Barry G. Collins, Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for the defendants/appellees.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges, and SUZANNE B. CONLON, District Judge.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Bruce Anderson appeals the district court's determination, following a bench trial, that the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Board of Trustees ("the Trustees") did not abuse their discretion in partially denying his claim for disability benefits pursuant to a plan maintained under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). In the past, the Plan specified one way to calculate disability benefits. Before Anderson...

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