2nd Circuit: Honeywell Must Continue Providing Retiree Medical Benefits

Mealey's (August 8, 2019, 9:25 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 7 affirmed a trial court’s order finding that Honeywell plant workers who retired before an effects bargaining agreement (EBA) expired are entitled to vested lifetime medical benefits pursuant to unambiguous language in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and affirmed an order preliminarily enjoining termination of benefits for those who retired after the EBA expiration, finding that there were “sufficiently serious questions going to the merits” and that the retirees would be irreparably harmed with the injunction (David Kelly, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc., Nos. 17-675, 17-2075, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23561)....