Garland F. DAILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHEET METAL WORKERS’ LOCAL 73 PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that a termination of an ERISA plan’s benefits must be based upon the plan’s terms and language
• stating that clear and unequivocal repudiation of plaintiffs claim to benefits so as to trigger statute of limitations did not commence until plaintiffs appeal was decided
• holding claims for benefits due under ERISA “accrue[] upon a clear and unequivocal repudiation of rights under the pension plan which has been made known to the beneficiary.”
• holding, on similar facts, that the plaintiffs claim was time barred
• \a cause of action accrues upon a clear and unequivocal repudiation of rights under the pension plan which has been made known to the beneficiary\
• “If we allowed him to restart the statute of limitations period merely by filing another claim on the same basis as his previous claim, the limitations period would be meaningless.”

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