UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA v. CONNORS STEEL CO.

No. 87-7418.

847 F.2d 707 (1988)

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC; Joseph D. Forest; Henry Roberson, A.C. Burttram, Jr., for themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. CONNORS STEEL COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant, H.K. Porter Company, Inc., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Hopkins, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Jerome A. Cooper, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford & Kuykendall, Jay Smith, William T. Payne, Birmingham, Ala., for United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC, and Joseph D. Forest, Henry Roberson, A.C. Burttram, Jr. etc.

Before VANCE and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court enjoining H.K. Porter Company from failing to continue payment of health and life insurance benefits to employees of Connors Steel Company, Porter's wholly owned subsidiary, after the class action against Connors had been stayed by the bankruptcy of Connors.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Plaintiffs are the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC (the "Steelworkers"...

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