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DIEHL v. TWIN DISC, INC.

No. 96-2087.

102 F.3d 301 (1996)

Maurice DIEHL, Individually, and Bernie Leigh, Individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and its Local 765, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Erp, Chirstine E. Giorgio, Laurie M. Burgess (argued), Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John S. Schauer, Thomas J. Piskorski, Deborah A. Kop, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, ESCHBACH, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to decide whether Twin Disc promised certain insurance benefits for the duration of its retired employees' lives and, if so, to examine the nature of these benefits. When the company unilaterally changed the retired employees' coverage in 1993, the plaintiffs initiated this class action suit, which alleges that Twin Disc broke its promise. The district court believed that Twin Disc had reserved the right to...

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