Materna
Trustees of the Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension & Health Plans v. Materna
Opinion
Opinion
Paez, J.
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
I.
Introduction
Defendant Gary Materna, proceeding in pro se, was an employee of Triangle Enterprises (“Triangle”) and received benefits as the result of contributions made by Triangle to the Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension and Health Plans (“Plans”). Materna also received other additional benefits as the result of self-pay contributions. Plaintiffs, the Trustees of the Plans, after auditing Triangle’s records, concluded that Materna was ineligible to participate in the Plans from April 1, 1992 to March 31, 1995. They also determined that he was ineligible for benefits received as a result of self-pay contributions from April 1, 1995 through April 30, 1996. The Trustees notified defendant of this ineligibility on December 16, 1996, and gave him 60 days to appeal this decision. Defendant appealed, but the Trustees declined to change the decision.
The Trustees of the Plans filed this action seeking to recover $14,891.21, the excess of medical benefit payments received by defendant over the amount of contributions made. When defendant failed to respond, the plaintiffs obtained a default against him. However, the Court…