U.S. High Court Won’t Hear Arguments Over Promise Of Lifetime Benefits

Mealey's (June 8, 2020, 2:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 8 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a class of surviving spouses of retirees who were promised in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) lifetime health benefits at no cost for the duration of the CBA and sought a ruling on whether those rights to benefits were lost where the retirees died after the CBA expired (Judith K. Kerns, et al. v. Caterpillar, Inc., No. 19-1227, U.S. Sup.)....