Gaynell Boyd v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds

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• noting that the ALJ determined that Boyd was disabled since 1983 following her 1982 mine accident
• noting that the receipt of a Social Security disability award “conclusively establishes the medical disability of the pension applicant”
• noting that the ALJ determined that Boyd was disabled since 1983 following her 1982 mine accident
• addressing the pension plan at issue in this case, and stating that disability “as a result of a mine accident” requires that the mine injury be “substantially responsible for plaintiff’s inability to perform his job”
• sufficient discretion conferred where trustees had power to make “full and final determination” as to eligibility
• abuse of discretion applied where pension fund trustees had explicit discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits and to promulgate regulations to implement the pension plan

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