TORRES v. BELLA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 16-2316.

914 F.3d 15 (2019)

Olga TORRES; Pedro Bonilla, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BELLA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC.; Banco Popular De Puerto Rico; the Watson Wyatt Company; Rubén Peréz; Johana Doe 1; Conjugal Partnership Peréz-Doe 1, Defendants, Appellees, The Antillian Union Conference of the Seven Day Adventist; the Retirement Committee of the General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists Interamerican Division; the General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist; Bella Vista Pension Plan and Trust; the Adventist of the Seventh Day Interamerican Division Retirement Plan; Bella Vista Hospital, Inc. 401k Plan and Trust; Pannell Kerr & Foster, L.L.P.; Miguel Ramos; Johana Doe; Conjugal Partnership Ramos-Doe, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Vivaldi Oliver , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellants.

Carlos G. Martínez-Vivas on brief for appellees Bella Vista Hospital, Inc.; Ruben Perez; Johana Doe 1; and Conjugal Partnership Perez-Doe 1.

Cristina S. Belaval-Burger on brief for appellee Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

Juan A. Marqués-Díaz , Hato Rey, PR, Sonia M. López del Valle-Carrera , and McConnell Valdés LLC, on brief for appellee Watson Wyatt Company.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Boudin and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Olga Torres and Pedro Bonilla are former employees of Bella Vista Hospital ("Bella Vista"), a Mayaguez, Puerto Rico-based hospital operated by the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church. In 1982, the hospital created a pension program, advising its employees that the plan was subject to the Employee Retirement...

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