Majority: CBAs Unambiguously Do Not Provide For Lifetime Retiree Health Care Benefits

(June 12, 2018, 10:26 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A majority of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 8 reversed a lower court’s finding that plaintiffs satisfied their burden of proving that Honeywell International Inc. agreed to provide lifetime health care benefits to retirees from its Greenville, Ohio, plant, concluding that a series of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) unambiguously do not provide for lifetime retiree health care benefits and the lower court erred in permanently enjoining the company from dropping the benefits for those who retired from the plant before June 1, 2012, and their eligible spouses and dependents (Barbara Fletcher, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc., No. 17-3277, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15469)....

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