6th Circuit: Retirees Fail To Show Promise Of Benefits Until 65 Lasted Beyond CBA

Mealey's (March 12, 2018, 12:16 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Three retirees who filed a class complaint seeking to stop the early termination of health benefits that had been promised until they reached the age of 65 in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) failed to show that their employer’s obligation to provide those benefits outlasted the CBA, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 8, reversing a trial court’s grant of a preliminary injunction (Rebecca Cooper, et al. v. Honeywell International Inc., No. 17-1042, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5833)....