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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

WILLIAM FARRETTA,

Plaintiff, 

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BURR-BROWN CORPORATE

DISABILITY INCOME PLAN; AETNA

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; TEXAS

INSTRUMENTS TUCSON

CORPORATION; TEXAS

INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION , 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-04-0908-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Amend Findings of Fact,

Conclusions of Law and Order [Doc. No. 46] pursuant to F.R.C.P. Rule 52(b). Initially, the

Court notes that Defendants' Motion seeks a narrow amendment and does not seek a change

to the Court's ultimate decision. Rather, Defendants allege that the Court's finding in

Paragraph 58 was in error and the Court's subsequent award of accrued benefits from January

1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 amounted to an improper award of future damages. 

Rule 52(b) provides in relevant part, that "the court may amend its findings- or make

additional findings- and may amend the judgment accordingly." Defendants contend that

because the Plan clearly provides for a reduction of disability benefits if the claimant has

other sources of earned income, it was an error for the Court to award Plaintiff the entire

benefit payment when the Court could not consider evidence regarding Plaintiff's other

sources of income from June 2003 to December of 2005 because such evidence was not

contained in the administrative record therefore not properly before the Court. The Court

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agrees that such an award was improper because the administrative record closed in June of

2003. 

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Amend Findings of Fact, Conclusions

of Law and Order [Doc. No. 46] is GRANTED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court's Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law

and Order dated January 24, 2006 [Doc. No. 45] are amended as follows:

1) Paragraph 58 shall now read: The Court finds that Faretta is entitled to $2,520 per

month in past due benefits form January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003 for a total of $15,120 in

back benefits. 

2) The Court's second order (p. 11, ll. 24-26) shall be deleted in its entirety and shall

be replaced with the following: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court enters

judgment against Defendant Aetna and in favor of Plaintiff William Faretta in the amount

of $15,120 for benefits accrued from January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003. 

3) The Court's last order (p. 12, ll. 5-6) shall be deleted in its entirety and shall be

replaced with the following: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Aetna shall re-commence

the payment of Faretta's monthly benefits, at the rate of $2,520 per month, or at such other

monthly rate as the Plan may provide after application of any increases or reductions

provided for by the Plan, effective from July 1, 2003, and shall continue such payments

through December 31, 2005, and for so long after Faretta is entitled to disability benefits

under the terms and conditions of the Plan. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's request for the Court to keep

jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a) is DENIED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk shall enter judgment accordingly. 

DATED this 7th day of March, 2006.

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