HILL v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN et al

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF THE BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN AND THE RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN ON ALL CLAIMS BROUGHT AGAINST THEM. WITH RESPECT TO THE NFL DEFENDANTS INTERPLEADER COMPLAINT, THE COURT ENTERS JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF LAVONA HILL. LAVONA HILL IS ENTITLED TO THE INTERPLED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $29,700 AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO COLLECT FUTURE BENEFITS UNDER THE PLAN AS THE SURVIVING SP OUSE OF THOMAS SULLIVAN. THIS COURT TAKES NO POSITION ON WHETHER HILL IS ENTITLED TO ANY PAST BENEFITS FROM BARBARA SULLIVAN. THE NFL DEFENDANTS MOTION IN LIMINE TO LIMIT EVIDENCE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD (DOC. 25) IS DENIED AS MOOT. THE CLERK SHALL CLOSE THIS CASE STATISTICALLY. SIGNED BY HONORABLE BERLE M. SCHILLER ON 11/4/10. 11/5/10 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED.(rf, )

HILL v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA LAVONA HILL, Plaintiff, v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN, et al., Defendants. : : : : : : : :

CIVIL ACTION

No. 09-4051

JUDGMENT AND NOW, this 4th day of November, 2010, following a bench trial on October 21, 2010, upon consideration of the letter briefs of Barbara Sullivan and Lavona Hill, and for the reasons provided in this Court's Memorandum of November 4, 2010, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. Judgment is entered in favor the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan and the Retirement Board of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan on all claims brought against them. 2. With respect to the NFL Defendants' Interpleader Complaint, the Court enters judgment in favor of Lavona Hill. 3. Lavona Hill is entitled to the interpled funds in the amount of $29,700 and shall be entitled to collect future benefits under the Plan as the surviving spouse of Thomas Sullivan. 4. This Court takes no position on whether Hill is entitled to collect any past benefits from Barbara Sullivan. 5. The NFL Defendants' Motion in Limine to Limit Evidence to the Administrative Record (Document No. 25) is DENIED as moot.

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The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. BY THE COURT:

Berle M. Schiller, J.

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