7.  What is excluded from coverage
    under your Legal Services Plan?                  

The following matters are excluded from coverage and will not be
undertaken by a Plan Attorney under any circumstance:

1. Collateral legal benefits which are provided to a Member or Depen-
   dents as the result of being a beneficiary through any policy of
   insurance or by any other means for which the beneficiary does not
   have to pay legal fees, including actions arising under arbitration or
   other provisions of any union collective bargaining agreement.
   

2. Legal matters wherein services are already being provided by
   another attorney other than the Plan attorneys.
   

3. Representation in "Small Claims Court."
   

4. Any matter which, in the opinion of the Plan Attorney, is frivolous,
   without merit, brought for the purpose of harassment, or presents
   a conflict of interest.
   

5. Matters involving as adverse parties any of the following:

(a) A Member or Dependent, except as above described in
Article IV, 6.

(b) The Plan or any employer or agent of the Plan.

(c) Any labor union or its officers, agents or employees.

(d) Any fringe benefit program or plan, or the trustees, admini-
strator, or employees thereof, in which any labor union participates
or has an interest.

(e) The City of Philadelphia, or any other participating employer or
entity for which a benefit is provided under this Fund, in matters
arising out of the employment relationship.

AFSCME District Council 47 Legal Services Plan