D.C. Circuit Upholds Ruling For Multiemployer Plan, Union In Benefits Denial Suit

Mealey's (September 16, 2021, 3:58 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A multiemployer pension plan’s conclusion that a union worker who was not part of a collective bargaining unit was not a participant and not due benefits was reasonable, and the plan did not impermissibly subdelegate its decision to a union, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 3 in an unpublished per curiam judgment affirming a lower court’s ruling....