Mario Diaz v. United Agricultural Employee Welfare Benefit Plan And Trust

50 F.3d 1478 Pens. Plan Guide P 23907N Mario DIAZ; Maria Diaz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEE WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN AND TRUST; Associated Citrus Packers Employee Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-56092. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1995. Decided March 27, 1995. 1 Sharon J. Arkin, Shernoff, Bidart & Darras, Claremont, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Ronald J. Cooke, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee United Agr. 3 Donald D. Wilson and Lisa M. Kralik, Grace, Skocypec, Cosgrove & Schirm, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Associated Citrus. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 5 Before: BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, * Senior District Judge. 6 SHADUR, Senior District Judge. 7 Mario Diaz ("Mario") and his wife Maria (collectively "Diazes") sue United Agricultural Employee Welfare Benefit Plan and Trust (the "Plan") and Associated Citrus Packers ("Associated") for medical benefits assertedly owed to Diazes under the Plan, an employee welfare benefit plan subject to the…