United States First Circuit
Hannington v. Sun Life and Health Insurance, 12-1085
Judgment for plaintiff in ERISA action in which plaintiff alleged defendant reduced his disability payments under an ERISA-qualified plan by the amount of his service-connected disability compensation from Veterans Affairs, is affirmed, where the Veterans' Benefits Act, is, as a matter of statutory construction, substantially dissimilar to the Social Security Act and the Railroad Retirement Act, and thus, the VA benefits plaintiff receives are not 'Other Income" for purposes of reducing the payment defendant owes plaintiff under the ERISA-plan.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/29/2013
- Published 03/29/2013
Judges
- RIPPLE
Court
- United States First Circuit