United States Fourth Circuit

Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan reasonably concluded that plaintiff's disability was proximately caused by a combination of psychological problems and degenerative disc disease, not by the mine accident. Summary judgment must be entered for defendants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2004
• Published 04/09/2004

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Carolyn O'Meara Dutrow, Office of the General, United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Terry Gene Kilgore, Wolfe, Williams & Rutherford, Norton, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:Glenda S. Finch, Deputy General, Michele Schoeppe, Senior Associate Counsel, UMWA Health & Retirement Funds, United Mine Workers Of America, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Roger W. Rutherford, Wolfe, Williams & Rutherford, Norton, Virginia, for Appellee.