has won another legal battle in her years-long fight with the Screen Actors Guild Pension Plan. A federal judge ruled that “the Plan abused its discretion” by denying her “a full and fair review” when it took away her disability pension and ordered her to repay $123,827 in benefits she’d received over a 13-year period, plus another $8,457 in interest. The Plan also wants her to pay more than $150,000 in attorneys’ fees.
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will be hearing the case if it ever comes to trial, now has remanded the matter back to the Plan “for reconsideration” of her claims “in accordance with this order.” In so doing, he also found “multiple procedural irregularities” by the Plan in this case. Hoffman, once one of Hollywood’s top stuntwomen — she was the first stuntwoman ever elected to the SAG and AFTRA boards of directors — twice has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries and with numerous other physical injuries that she says were sustained during her many years of stunt work, which she says have left her unable to work since 2002.
The judge also found that the Plan and its trustees “have not explained the inconsistency between their claim that 2015 hearing was not recorded, and that a comment from Benefits Committee members in a 2010 audio recording “show possible bias against” her.
Jesus, why not just take care of your people? In 2012, Actors Equity had unemployment rates for actors at around 90%. God knows what it is now. These people all pay their dues, they pay into their health care and their pension. Just pay what you owe them!
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