Suzanne Johnson v. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital Of Seattle

910 F.2d 594 59 USLW 2112 , 12 Employee Benefits Ca 2267 Suzanne JOHNSON; Janet Young, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated employees, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI HOSPITAL OF SEATTLE; St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Employees Pension Plan; and Walter E. Abegglen and Sister Tommasina Lanski, M.S.C., Trustees of the Plan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-35392. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1990. Decided Aug. 6, 1990. Richard H. Robblee, Hafer, Price, Rinehart & Schwerin, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. William W. Treverton, Conner, Gravrock and Treverton, Bellevue, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before FARRIS, PREGERSON and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: I. 1 Petitioners are a group of nurses, members of the Washington State Nurses Association, filing as a class of individual participants in the Cabrini Hospital pension plan. The nurses have sued their employer (the Cabrini Hospital), their pension plan, and the plan's Trustees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA),…