U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Consider Case Involving Vesting Of Retiree Benefits

(October 15, 2019, 11:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 15 denied review of an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling reversing and remanding a lower federal court’s amended opinion that granted a motion for preliminary injunction filed by a class of retirees seeking to stop the termination of their health care benefits, finding that the benefits were not vested as a matter of law (Augustine Pacheco, et al. v. Honeywell International Inc., No. 19-341, U.S. Sup.)....