Hoover Retirees Seek En Banc Rehearing After Benefits Deemed Alterable

Mealey's (March 11, 2019, 6:27 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Hoover Co. retirees filed a petition for rehearing en banc on March 1, approximately two weeks after a divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held that the obligation to provide lifetime health care benefits promised in multiple collective bargaining agreements (CBA) ended when the last CBA ended (Joseph Zino, et al. v. Whirlpool Corp., et al., Nos. 17-3851/3860, 6th Cir.)....