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LASKEY v. INTERNATIONAL UNION (UAW)

No. 79-1180.

638 F.2d 954 (1981)

Walter LASKEY, Charles Doan, Anthony Grabowski and George McAuley for themselves and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW) and Houdaille Industries, Inc., jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall M. Wokas, Rickel, Urso, Wokas, Earle & Robb, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James D. Tracy, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Cameron Piggott, Detroit, Mich., for Houdaille Industries, Inc.

Bruce A. Miller, Barbara C. Somson, Miller, Klimist, Cohen, Martens & Sugerman, Renate Klass, Nancy Schiffer, Kathy J. Ganger, Cameron Piggott, Detroit, Mich., for Union.

Before ENGEL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs-appellants appeal the grant of summary judgment for defendants-appellees in their class action suit. Appellants, retired employees of appellee Houdaille, claimed Houdaille breached its employment contract with them by not providing for lifetime health insurance benefits. They claimed appellee UAW did not adequately represent them in their prior lawsuit against Houdaille and committed legal malpractice. The District Court held that the breach...

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