Morgan v. Laborers Pension Trust Fund for N. Cal.

How courts have described this case

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• reopening cases “is in the best interests of pension fund members and should be encouraged. If ... an applicant’s cause of action is renewed each time a pension fund informally re-examines his pension request, pension funds would simply refrain from doing so.”
• “If defendants' administration of the plan violated their general fiduciary duties after January 1, 1975, they are liable as provided for in ERISA.”
• plaintiff cannot invoke ERISA merely by reapplying and having his application denied on the same grounds
• trustees' decision to deny benefits subsequent to ERISA effective date reviewable under ERISA's fiduciary duties provisions while trustees' earlier decision to deny benefits on similar ground subject to review only under pre-ERISA standards
• trustees’ decision to deny benefits subsequent to ERISA effective date reviewable under ERISA’s fiduciary duties provisions while trustees’ earlier decision to deny benefits on similar ground subject to review only under pre-ERISA standards

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