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Matter of Tinsley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 4, 1975
50 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)

Opinion

December 4, 1975


Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 13, 1975, which affirmed a reduction of claimant's benefit rate because the claimant was in receipt of a pension under a noncontributory plan. Claimant, on retirement from Blue Cross of Central New York, elected to receive his pension benefits in a lump sum payment. Thereafter he applied for unemployment insurance benefits and it was determined by the board that he had received his pension payment under a retirement plan financed wholly by the employer. Consequently, claimant's benefit rate was reduced by the pro rata weekly amount of his retirement payments (Labor Law, § 600). The board, in affirming the prior determination and adopting the findings of fact in the opinion of the referee, determined that the evidence did not support the claimant's contention that his employer was not the sole contributor to the retirement fund. Claimant alleged that Blue Cross is a contributor to the National Retirement Collective Trust and thus his pension benefits are being paid into a single plan by various employers. The record indicates, however, that Blue Cross of Central New York participates in a collective trust, in which many different corporations participate as separate entities, with the assets of each separately maintained so that each corporation has a separate identity. Participating corporations are responsible only for their own employees and have no responsibility for liabilities incurred by other members. Such testimony amply supports the determination of the board that each employer is the sole contributor to the pension trust and that Blue Cross of Central New York was the sole contributor to the claimant's pension. Decision affirmed, without costs. Herlihy, P.J., Sweeney, Kane, Koreman and Larkin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Tinsley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 4, 1975
50 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)
Case details for

Matter of Tinsley

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of MARTIN H. TINSLEY, Appellant. BLUE CROSS OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Dec 4, 1975

Citations

50 A.D.2d 961 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)